I’ve even (almost) made up my mind to pick Father as August’s Comfort Book Club choice, and it’s very unlike me to allow an author repeat within a year (let alone a few months!), but it’s hard not to want to share and discuss this marvellous novel with a wider circle. I’m so glad that Father has been brought back into print, as it has immediately become one of my favourite books and deserves to be read much more widely. I’m steadily making my way through von Arnim’s lesser known works, and Father was my most recent read. In recent years, three other Elizabeth von Arnim novels have made their way back into print: Persephone Books republished Expiation Handheld Press brought out The Caravaners and The British Library Women Writers series added Father to its list. Her most famous work, The Enchanted April,* is my Comfort Book Club choice for this month, and I’ve enjoyed other books by von Arnim in the past, most notably Elizabeth and Her German Gardenand The Solitary Summer. During April, I have been immersing myself in the novels of Elizabeth von Arnim.
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