tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4035650454978982433.post6212494627733942317..comments2024-03-07T03:01:03.672-05:00Comments on roses over a cottage door: The Go-Between by L. P. HartleyDarlenehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07415316482631852565noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4035650454978982433.post-89287294735639058512012-05-23T06:52:20.626-04:002012-05-23T06:52:20.626-04:00I'm wondering just now how many children get t...I'm wondering just now how many children get to the cusp of adolescence these days with the same level of naivete that Leo, or we, had. Hopefully Sunday Taylor sees your comment about your book groups!Darlenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07415316482631852565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4035650454978982433.post-19570333820290811502012-05-22T15:20:19.533-04:002012-05-22T15:20:19.533-04:00I love this book. I think Hartley catches what it...I love this book. I think Hartley catches what it was like to be a child just on the cusp of adolescence like no other writer I know. Both my book groups have read it and we were all enthusiastic. I also think it is one of the few books that has been successfully made into a film.Alexhttp://thinkinginfragments.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4035650454978982433.post-69488060685685189122012-05-22T06:57:45.556-04:002012-05-22T06:57:45.556-04:00Hopefully you can, Mystica, try your local library...Hopefully you can, Mystica, try your local library. Enjoy your day!Darlenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07415316482631852565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4035650454978982433.post-63336737211700833902012-05-22T06:55:26.229-04:002012-05-22T06:55:26.229-04:00I think it would make an excellent choice for a bo...I think it would make an excellent choice for a book group read! There are certainly all kinds of issues to discuss and once you finish with the book it would be fun to talk about childhood summers. They seemed to last forever didn't they?Darlenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07415316482631852565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4035650454978982433.post-53003566140447799332012-05-22T06:52:07.065-04:002012-05-22T06:52:07.065-04:00Try to read it during this summer, or any summer r...Try to read it during this summer, or any summer really. Hartley makes so much of the heat during the day so if you're melting as you read the book it becomes a bit interactive!Darlenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07415316482631852565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4035650454978982433.post-56367930253306274722012-05-22T06:45:18.459-04:002012-05-22T06:45:18.459-04:00And I need to find more books by Hartley! If you ...And I need to find more books by Hartley! If you haven't read 'The Hireling' yet I can highly recommend it, Nicola. I was thinking of you the other day while standing in front of my bookshelf looking at a few Mitford titles. It's so nice to have the problem of too many lovely books to choose from.Darlenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07415316482631852565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4035650454978982433.post-72291122984908541572012-05-21T21:58:48.238-04:002012-05-21T21:58:48.238-04:00This is an author I am sure I can find here. Thank...This is an author I am sure I can find here. Thanks for the introduction.Mysticahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10941269615559681014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4035650454978982433.post-8653272401647589382012-05-21T09:34:23.641-04:002012-05-21T09:34:23.641-04:00I have never read this book and now will get it an...I have never read this book and now will get it and maybe suggest it for my book group. Your review has convinced me this is one I should not miss!Sunday Taylorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13148090705938196599noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4035650454978982433.post-40435274006154110652012-05-20T15:42:10.264-04:002012-05-20T15:42:10.264-04:00The Go-Between is one of those books that is often...The Go-Between is one of those books that is often at the back of my mind to want to read but something else always gets there before it. Your final sentence may persuade me otherwise.Joan Hunter Dunnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14652041203134127783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4035650454978982433.post-69171746373752847392012-05-19T18:58:44.348-04:002012-05-19T18:58:44.348-04:00Oh I want to re-read The Go-Between, now! I love ...Oh I want to re-read The Go-Between, now! I love the opening line about the past being 'another country they do things differently there.' Great book.Vintage Readinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05971819409379613967noreply@blogger.com