books by Rumer Godden     books:       The River5 reviews Rumer Godden Trans-Atlantic Publications, Inc., 2004 Quiet Profundity In this brief book Godden captures the bittersweetness of a girl's approach toward womanhood, and tackles the biggest issues humans face - birth, death, identity, loss, and faith. With a concise, poetic hand, the author illuminates the spiritual and intellectual journey of a child who is beginning to piece together an understanding of the world around her, and to identify her place in it. The ...             The Mousewife3 reviews Rumer Godden NYR Children's Collection, 2009 A Hidden Story of Dorothy Wordsworth A beloved treasure of early childhood, THE MOUSEWIFE has haunted me ever since I first read it. It is a deceptively simple tale of a house-bound mouse who befriends a caged dove. But the conversations between the two creatures and the juxtapositions of domestic tasks for the mouse with the longing for the wild of the dove takes on a touching comment on Romanticism. The idea for the story is to ...             PRAYERS FROM THE ARK & THE CREATURES CHOIR7 reviews Cartmen Bernos ( translated by Rumer Godden ) de Gasztold Penguin, 1984 -"The voices of animals raised to God in song"- PRAYERS FROM THE ARK was written and published first, and the poems are in the form of prayers. THE CREATURES' CHOIR was written quite a few years later and these last poems are more like letters to God, where the animals refer to their daily problems. The author did not write sentimental verse. The poems of the animals seem to radiate with truth. I was first introduced to PRAYERS FROM THE ARK ...             An Episode of Sparrows (New York Review Children's Collection)8 reviews Rumer Godden NYR Children's Collection, 2004 A gem of a book This tiny little book is an absolute gem of simplicity, love and hope. A precociously aware, yet innocent little girl has been left with the owner of a struggling restuarant and his wife, to raise, by her mother, a woman on the fringes of show business, who cares for no one but herself. The child, Lovejoy, becomes obsessed with the idea of creating a garden in the ruins of a bombed out church, ...             In This House of Brede53 reviews Rumer Godden Loyola Press, 2005 When The World Is Too Much With You I have given away every single copy of this book I have owned; usually to people who needed an emotional time out. It is a book of deep faith, abiding love for Christ, and how many women, with only those two characteristics in common, can actually live and work together. The idea that "we bring ourselves with us" to any organization is really food for thought. It is time to get another ...             Two Under the Indian Sun1 review Jon Godden, Rumer Godden Beech Tree Books, 1987 Beautiful history through childs eyes... I loved this book. Its written from the memories of the authors childhoods. Moving with their parents, aunt and younger sibling they tell of the experince of growing up in India during the 1910`s. It is written as a novel, but with a childlike understanding. In the preface the authors explain its written from their memories as children and therefore their understanding and interputation is as it ...             The Doll's House21 reviews Rumer Godden Puffin, 1976 Life, in miniature This is THE definitive book about dolls in a dolls house. Most of the books that come after it are pale imitations by comparison. The children and dolls are sympathetically drawn characters, each with unique personalities. The main thing you will remember about this book is how the characters interact with each other, try to understand each other and care deeply for each other. When the evil ...             The Story of Holly and Ivy38 reviews Rumer Godden Viking Juvenile, 2006 The story of Holly and Ivy I wish this was on DVD I first saw it on TV when I was very young and so had to uy the book. It is a delightful story of love, Christmas and the needs of orphans for Children very inspiring nad short the book is well made the pictures are great             Miss Happiness and Miss Flower17 reviews Rumer Godden MacMillan UK, 2008 Absolutely Enchanting! This book is still one of my favorites. I read it when I was 10 years old and in 5th grade. I fell in love with the idea of creating a home for my dolls, so I begged my dad to build me the same dollhouse, which he did. I spent many weeks searching for items to put in it, but I had some trouble finding things that looked Japanese. This book inspired me to learn more about other cultures and ...             Five for Sorrow, Ten for Joy (Loyola Classics Series)18 reviews Rumer Godden Loyola Press, 2007 Rumer Godden - the novelist for thinking women of faith I am not very good at writing "reviews" per se; I can only speak to my own opinions. Women novelists don't often appeal to me as most women are emotional and I'm more of a stoical woman. Being a Christian, I have never found a Christian novelist I could stomach ten pages of as they are often so chatty and so emotional. This story is different. Intellectual yet faith-driven... wonderful plot ...             The Fairy Doll2 reviews Rumer Godden MacMillan UK, 2007 A wonderful book for children and adults. My favorite children's book for forty years- out of print for a long time. Fairy Doll is a beautiful story about self-confidence and the "magic" of fairies. Buy this book!             Black Narcissus2 reviews Rumer Godden Pan Publishing, 2004 Beautiful novella of place and culture clash English and Irish nuns work to establish a convent in a disused palace, in a remote tea-growing area of India. Ancient debaucheries seem to echo in the carved hallways, and finally the sensuous and pagan spirit of the dwelling saps their strenuous ideals. Tragedy forces the mother superior faces up to her own character flaws and emerge a wiser person. Elegantly and sparsely written,with a ...             Prayers from the Ark (Picture Puffins)4 reviews Carmen Bernos De Gasztold Puffin, 1995 A GIFT TO ALL WHO LOVE GOD'S CREATURES This is a wonderful collection of small poems. The various travelers on Noah's Ark each have a distinct prayer to God. The simplicity of these prayers ring with truth as they tell of the work and difficulties that the animals endure. The author must have had great insight to write such simple, but beautiful verse.             Prayers from the Ark1 review Carmen Bernos de Gasztold Viking Adult, 1992 Delightful devotion! This lovely book, in English translation, is a delightful resource for children and adults alike! Poetic spirituality at its winsome best.             In This House of Brede3 reviews Rumer Godden Viking Press, 1969 Rumer Godden Signature Work In This House of Brede is the book I return to anytime I feel conflict, confusion, or fear in my life. Its characters are so involving, plot so engrossing, I forget the turmoil of my own day and fall gently and completely into the life of a voyeuristic cloistered nun. I believe it is the dream of every Catholic girl.             The Greengage Summer11 reviews Rumer Godden Macmillan Children's Books, 2004 Thrilling tale of love and crime in France The Grey children are taken to France by their mother to visit the battlefields of WW1 in the hope that it will make them less selfish. However, she is taken ill as soon as they arrive at their destination, the hotel Les Oeillets, and the children find themselves bewildered and frightened in a strange land with a barely conscious mother. They are befriended by Eliot, a charming and enigmatic ...             The Kitchen Madonna7 reviews Rumer Godden Bethlehem Books, 2010 My favorite book... Let me put it to you this way...I am considering buying this book for $45 and I am a poor college student. The most touching story of childhood generosity ever.             A House With Four Rooms3 reviews Rumer Godden Quill, 1991 The treasure of Miss Godden's life is in this memoir. "A House With Four Rooms," the second and last volume of Rumer Godden's memoirs, is one of the most treasured volumes in my library. Miss Godden writes with a terrible beauty of her life on returning to England, a divorcee with two little girls, her obstinate and ultimately successful struggle to earn a living solely by writing, her second marriage, her conversion to Catholicism, the years ...              search for books black, brede, children, choir, classics, collection, creatures, episode, fairy, flower, greengage, happiness, holly, house, indian, kitchen, loyola, madonna, mousewife, narcissus, picture, prayers, puffins, review, rooms, series, sorrow, sparrows, story, summer books:    Kindle - Amazon's New Wireless Reading Device This is the future of book reading. I have used it and love it! randomly chosen book: Numbers Rule: The Vexing Mathematics of Democracy, from Plato to the ... home  impressum - about us