During the holiday, I’m using these few moments
of peace and quite, that is to say that I haven’t a lots of time ‘cause I need
to prepare my mid year exam, to advance my English’s level.
So last week,
I was walking with a friend then we passed head-on of a second hand good sale
(I believe that the English word for a “vide grenier” but I’m not pretty sure
and I can’t find it in my dictionary), so we decided to visit it. I especially
focus of one stall, a book’s stall. It was amazing, actually I bought twenty
four books for only 5,90 euros, and only classics, I’m very proud by one of my
finds, the very two volumes of “les miserables” in a very old edition.
But
nevermind, I also bought English’s book, when I was younger I red “Animal farm”
writing by George Orwell (one of my favorite writer), and it was very helpful so
I decide to renew the experience, but I wouldn’t choose another classic because
I red also “Oliver Twist” by Dickens but it was so hard that I didn’t
understood the matter of the story.
There was a very little choice so I bought
it all : “Blood Brothers” by Josephine Cox, “Things I want my Daughters to Know”
by Elizabeth Noble, “Double Cross” by James Patterson, “What the night knows”
by Dean Koontz and finally “The secret life of a slummy Mummy” by Fiona Neill. I
started with it, because the title was funny. And, again, it was good
experience in my opinion, I learn a lot of new vocabulary and grammar point with
this book, and even if it’s not a very good book, it’s was amusing, so I decide
to follow this way and I will read all the others book during my free time.
I put the summary for those who can be interest:
“Barbara must say a final farewell to her four
daughters. But how canshe finds the words? And how can she leave them when they
each have so much growing up still to do ?
Take Lisa, in her thirties but terrified of
commitment – or brittle, unhappy married Jenifer. Amanda, the traveler, is
always a little apart from her sisters and teenage Hannah faces adult life
without a mother at her side.
Barbara’s answer is to write each daughter a
letter, finally expressing the hopes, fears, dreams, and secrets she couldn’t
always voice. These words will touch the girls in different- sometimes shoking –
ways, unlocking emotions and passions to set them on their own journey of
discovery through life”.
Hope you enjoy it. :-)
