Celia's House
A Scotland, Cultural, 20th Century book. If strangers see you behaving like lunatics, it doesn't matter, because they don't know who you...
In name and by birth, Celia was a Dunne. She had inherited the beautiful old family home by the Rydd Water - but was she bound to live her life by the principles of her predecessors? Was there some hidden restraint that compelled her to heed the past? Celia's House is a moving and poignant story of the struggle between old and young: the older generation anxious to preserve the values they have helped create and their children, determined at all costs to make lives of their own.
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- Pages: 256 pages
- ISBN: / 30204410
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If strangers see you behaving like lunatics, it doesn't matter, because they don't know who you are. And if your friends see you behaving like lunatics, it doesn't matter, because they know who you are. D.E. Stevenson, Celia's House //
D.E. Stevenson is one of those classic authors that you just love to cozy up one of her books. Set in Scotland in the early twentieth century, Celia Dunne knows it is time for decisions to be made. She is feeling every single one of her ninety years and has loved her time at her home Dunnian. Land ownership, ancestry, and heritage are... Generations of a happy family living in a big country house in Scotland? Starting in 1905? It's ever so sweet and comforting! EVER. SO! Seriously, I love these kinds of stories. Charming, warm, predictable...sometimes it's just the thing. Somewhat reminiscent of the Elizabeth Goudge books I've just been reading. A lot of description of the English countryside, gardens, etc. Except this book has several romances added to the story. Occasionally I felt as if I were reading a Harlequin romance (without the smut), but the characters are well-drawn and interesting, so it...
