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Elizabeth, I wanted to let you know how much I enjoyed the book "Things I want my daughters to know". To better understand my situation, I will explain that I am the second oldest of 4 girls. My family lost my mom in 2008 to cancer. I found your book at some point after that. I am currently reading it for the 3rd time and have shared it with each of my sisters. I can see myself (and my sisters) in each of the daughters. Barbara's character was quite different than my mom though. This book has helped me through some difficult times and taught me things each time. I remember the first time I read it I had tears streaming down my face...it touched my heart. Thank you for writing this book.
Posted on 03.05.13 by
33773hs
I just re-read Alphabet Weekends, and when I caught the line about Brian May looking like Charles the First, or Third, or whatever, I almost snorted coke all over my book! Being a HUGE Queen fan, I'd always thought his hair was unusual (especially now that it's all white - it looks like a fluffy cloud) I realized you're completely right!! How I never noticed it before I will never know, but now I see him I'll think of it. :)
Posted on 19.03.13 by
hf080677
I've read almost all EN's books, but this one really stayed with me. It was SO poignant. It crossed the boundary from chick lit into great fiction. Both Rob and Susannah were both trapped in messes of their own making (Rob marrying Helena because after seeing Susannah again during her brother's wedding, he didn't see any emotion from her - never considering it might be from shock), and Susannah by simply settling for a relationship that she was too apathetic to get out of. It broke my heart that Daisy, of all people, came to ask her to stay because they loved her, whereas she'd thought they'd hated her for years. Such a mess of missed chances, crossed purposes, and all the wrong timing. Fate can really work against you. And nobody really ends up with a happy ending anymore, do they? Not even in books. I found myself crying as I finished it, wanting so much for there to be a way for them to sort things out and be together after all. But life doesn't work that way.
Posted on 19.03.13 by
hf080677
Super story really really enjoyed it .... however please note that the RAF Training college at Cranwell is in Lincolnshire and not Leicestershire.
Posted on 11.03.13 by
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