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Patricia Nicol reveals a selection of the best books on new babies, as she reveals her exhausted days of early motherhood are behind her now. Among her top picks is The Foundling.
Patricia Nicol reveals a selection of the best books about flying, as she claims all the fun had gone out of flying even before covid. Among her picks is Fear Of Flying and Great Circle.
Imagine literature without house guests. Charles Ryder would never have visited Brideshead, let alone revisited it; Pride And Prejudice’s sprightly plot would have more holes than a colander with no presumptuous Mr Collins, Jane’s illness at Netherfield or Elizabeth’s remeeting of Darcy at Rosings. War And Peace would have had the conflicts, but the romance?
I could go on, and on. But my point is, fiction relies heavily on human social interaction. And so do we. Over the next few weeks damned variants permitting I hope to stay overnight with old friends, and to visit my elderly parents, too.