The Scent of Water by Elizabeth Goudge

The Scent of Water by Elizabeth Goudge

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The Scent of Water by Elizabeth Goudge

A captivating story filled with English charm, luminous wisdom, and astonishing spiritual insight.Mary Lindsay is a born and bred Londoner who has enjoyed her city life--a prestigious job, and friends with whom she takes in the city pleasures of theatre, art and music. But fleeting memories of a childhood visit to her father's elderly cousin out in the country are revived with the news that the woman has willed her home, the Laurels, to Mary. She makes an uncharacteristically sudden and life-changing decision to leave London for the country. The gradual unfolding of her understanding of herself, of the now-deceased woman who has bequeathed her home to Mary, and of the people of Appleshaw, all weave together in a most memorable story of love's redemptive power.

Elizabeth Goudge (1900 1984) was a British novelist born into the home of an Anglican priest and theologian. She wrote children s books as well as novels her Green Dolphin Street was made into a 1947 Academy-Award winning film starring Lana
Turner, Van Heflin, and Donna Reed. In style and themes she parallels English writers such as the creator of the Miss Read series, as well mirroring the spiritual depth found in George MacDonald s Victorian novels. A Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, she won the Carnegie Award in 1947 for The Little White Horse, which is J. K. Rowling s favorite children s book.
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ISBN 13 9781598568417
ISBN 10 1598568418
Title The Scent of Water
Author Elizabeth Goudge
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Hendrickson Publishers Inc
Year published 2011-10-01
Number of pages 320
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.