![]() ![]() ![]() She decides to take advantage of the fact that "no limits are set, either by society or one's own conscience, to the amount one may impose on one's relatives", and settles on visiting her distant relatives at the isolated Cold Comfort Farm in the fictional village of Howling in Sussex. It parodies the romanticised, sometimes doom-laden accounts of rural life popular at the time, by writers such as Mary Webb.įollowing the death of her parents, the book's heroine, Flora Poste, finds she is possessed "of every art and grace save that of earning her own living". 0-14-144159-3 (current Penguin Classics edition)Ĭold Comfort Farm is a comic novel by English author Stella Gibbons, published in 1932. ![]()
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![]() ![]() It seems that one thing that all good authors have in common is an adherence to a piece of advice from an author they admire. But O’Brien didn’t wait for the iron to cool before striking again, and he went on to publish three more USA Today bestselling thrillers. Perhaps taking a leaf out of Grisham’s book, O’Brien, too, tried his hand at writing a thriller, publishing The Next to Die in 2001, which became a USA Today bestseller. Ten years later, O’Brien unveiled his sophomore effort, Only Son, which saw commercial success, and was even optioned for film rights due to an interest from none other than Tom Hanks.īut the accolades didn’t stop there, however, as Only Son ended up being selected by Reader’s Digest for their Select Editions, in the company of critically acclaimed books such as John Grisham’s The Partner. The culmination of this hotel-hopping night-writing was Actors, which was released in 1987 and translated into three different languages. O’Brien moved to Seattle in 1980, and his railroad job saw him moving all across the Pacific Northwest, where he would write his debut novel in various hotels. Before his writing career took off, Kevin O’Brien toiled as a railroad inspector by day (or “all the live long day,” according to his official website), and worked on his stories by night. ![]() ![]() The story of Kevin O’Brien’s writing career is almost as whimsical as a character you could expect to find in a great book. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The nine books in the timeless Little House series tell the story of Laura’s real childhood as an American pioneer, and are cherished by readers of all generations. ![]() Laura Ingalls and her family are heading to Kansas! Leaving behind their home in the Big Woods of Wisconsin, they travel by covered wagon until they find the perfect spot to build a little house on the prairie. Laura and her sister Mary love exploring the rolling hills around their new home, but the family must soon get to work, farming and hunting and gathering food for themselves and for their livestock. Just when the Ingalls family starts to settle into their new home, they find themselves caught in the middle of a conflict. Will they have to move again? This edition features the classic black-and-white artwork from Garth Williams. Based on the real-life adventures of Laura Ingalls Wilder, Little House on the Prairie is the third book in the award-winning Little House series, which has captivated generations of readers. ![]() |