A Girl in WinterThis classic novel captures twelve transformative hours in the life of an exiled woman living in England and working at a library during World War II. |
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... it going to be drunk , were assistants to have time off to drink it — making as much of everything as he possibly could . He said ' he couldn't see his way to granting our request " . " “ I can just hear him saying it , "
... everything was ready for the day's work— the books in smooth , unbroken lines , the date - stamps adjusted , the files of tickets at the counter pushed into tight columns . They met again by a special display shelf on Japan . " What ...
... Everything was very untidy: around the walls between bookcases and filing cabinets were stacked books and box-files that had not been referred to for months. Then there was an inner ring of similar papers that had been unattended for ...
... everything to books except read them. They certainly would not visualize the daily round of string bags, trembling old men, tramps reading newspapers through magnifying glasses, soldiers asking to consult a medical dictionary. Not that ...
... but as the large Corporation bus came up she felt that even the cold was delightful. Miss Brooks would see it in terms of the deadening snow that was littered everywhere, but to Katherine the frost made everything stand.