tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5595702824833504762.post1434951837077368118..comments2024-03-28T12:00:55.653-07:00Comments on FURROWED MIDDLEBROW: My first book introduction!: MABEL ESTHER ALLAN, In Pursuit of Clarinda (1966) (and some other recent MEA reading)Furrowed Middlebrowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12065110409019861653noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5595702824833504762.post-78571467213479924072018-11-21T06:29:22.095-08:002018-11-21T06:29:22.095-08:00Congratulations on your introduction! I think I ...Congratulations on your introduction! I think I may have read that novel a long time ago, and I'm planning to purchase it, thanks to your remarks here, and will read and or re-read it. On the other hand, I know I've read the Strangers on Skye, as I remember the storyline very well. Now I know the title and author once again and hope I'll come across the book again some day! Thanks, ChristieAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02348532451016925375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5595702824833504762.post-51396087377895205022018-11-16T06:04:32.867-08:002018-11-16T06:04:32.867-08:00Thank you Sue! You've inspired me to snag a co...Thank you Sue! You've inspired me to snag a copy of Schooldays in Skye. I also have Three Go on my TBR shelves, but I'm kicking myself for missing Swiss School when GGB did it. Drat! Thanks for the recommendations!Furrowed Middlebrowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12065110409019861653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5595702824833504762.post-84989295225865069912018-11-16T06:00:26.241-08:002018-11-16T06:00:26.241-08:00Hope you like the intro Ruth. And thanks so much f...Hope you like the intro Ruth. And thanks so much for the books--can't wait to see them!Furrowed Middlebrowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12065110409019861653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5595702824833504762.post-39140054655235860012018-11-16T05:57:08.313-08:002018-11-16T05:57:08.313-08:00Thanks, Claire. Girls Gone By also have a few MEAs...Thanks, Claire. Girls Gone By also have a few MEAs in print, available from The Book Depository. Furrowed Middlebrowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12065110409019861653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5595702824833504762.post-20544788344143666342018-11-16T05:54:51.283-08:002018-11-16T05:54:51.283-08:00Thank you Susan!Thank you Susan!Furrowed Middlebrowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12065110409019861653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5595702824833504762.post-63784080228784850582018-11-16T05:54:41.182-08:002018-11-16T05:54:41.182-08:00Well, you were ahead of me knowing about any MEA a...Well, you were ahead of me knowing about any MEA at all as a child. But that means all the more to discover now!Furrowed Middlebrowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12065110409019861653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5595702824833504762.post-90003954484578383762018-11-16T05:50:06.577-08:002018-11-16T05:50:06.577-08:00Thanks, Em, I had no idea about the connection wit...Thanks, Em, I had no idea about the connection with MFAF, which I read a few years ago and liked very much. And I'll definitely have to move on to the Drina books soon!Furrowed Middlebrowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12065110409019861653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5595702824833504762.post-54151439053199255362018-11-16T05:47:51.438-08:002018-11-16T05:47:51.438-08:00Thanks Tom!Thanks Tom!Furrowed Middlebrowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12065110409019861653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5595702824833504762.post-84939146787979186532018-11-10T10:37:50.515-08:002018-11-10T10:37:50.515-08:00Happy to see in Scribbler that you'd written t...Happy to see in Scribbler that you'd written the introduction to the latest Greyladies publication. <br /><br />Certainly, 'School under Snowdon' isn't part of an actual series, but there are connectors - pupils at Llanrhysydd Castle do appear in other books. Try 'Swiss School', and going on from there, 'Drina Dances in Switzerland' and 'Three Go to Switzerland'. MEA was a massive connecteror, if you see what I mean.<br /><br />The only actual school story series (I'm not au fait with a lot of MEA apart from the school and ballet stories) is a trilogy set in Skye: 'Over the Sea to School', 'A School in Danger', and 'At School in Skye'. They were reprinted in an omnibus called 'Schooldays in Skye'. Sue Simshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05976537787708670241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5595702824833504762.post-64573477941625997112018-11-10T06:38:27.491-08:002018-11-10T06:38:27.491-08:00Looking forward even more to getting my copy of In...Looking forward even more to getting my copy of In Pursuit, which I ordered for another reason altogether, without realising you were involved in the intro! <br />[PS The promised delivery of 'Rachel' arrived before 9 this morning, so that and 'Winning Books' will be starting its journey to you some time on Monday.]Abbeybufohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09943340447141277258noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5595702824833504762.post-91086380662990292082018-11-09T23:28:09.753-08:002018-11-09T23:28:09.753-08:00Congratulations, Scott! Exciting news. I just orde...Congratulations, Scott! Exciting news. I just ordered my copy.Thickethouse.wordpresshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17187303460677067276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5595702824833504762.post-62037294598078948852018-11-09T21:30:07.260-08:002018-11-09T21:30:07.260-08:00How exciting, both for you and for all of us Greyl...How exciting, both for you and for all of us Greyladies devotees! I've been interested in MEA for a while (thanks to you) but haven't had luck tracking down her books easily. This will certainly help!Claire (The Captive Reader)https://www.blogger.com/profile/07430380065718826213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5595702824833504762.post-24300644101158084092018-11-09T16:26:44.572-08:002018-11-09T16:26:44.572-08:00Well done, you, Scott. And how astute of Shirley t...Well done, you, Scott. And how astute of Shirley to think of you as the perfect person to write the intro. Such a combination.Susan Dhttp://www.susandaly.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5595702824833504762.post-90314739393234279942018-11-09T16:24:52.890-08:002018-11-09T16:24:52.890-08:00As a child I enjoyed Black Forest Summer by Mabel ...As a child I enjoyed Black Forest Summer by Mabel Esther Allan. If only I'd known of all the other books she'd written. I knew Enid Blyton wrote lots of books. But maybe that was the only one of hers that the library had on the shelf.Lilbitbrithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09477302589982766792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5595702824833504762.post-75971785998618101492018-11-09T10:54:03.695-08:002018-11-09T10:54:03.695-08:00It's not really a series, but the school from ...It's not really a series, but the school from 'School under Snowdon' does feature again briefly in 'Margaret Finds a Future', which is another of MEA's books that you might enjoy. It has all of the right elements (dramatically bad weather, slightly eccentric characters, a country house and so on) and is an enjoyable read. I'd also really recommend the Drina books, and her other, standalone ballet novel, 'The Ballet Twins' (originally published as 'We Danced in Bloomsbury Square'). They do have a lot of ballet in them but there's enough of the other things that MEA does well to still make them accessible to anyone. The Drina books especially have almost as much travel in them as dancing - they and the Ballet Family series have long been favourites of mine. Emhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02500968214086893847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5595702824833504762.post-14004471016691692082018-11-09T09:02:46.551-08:002018-11-09T09:02:46.551-08:00WOW! Tell you what - in your honour, I will buy a...WOW! Tell you what - in your honour, I will buy a copy!<br />TomAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com