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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... side, the fences were half-submerged like breakwaters; the whole landscape was so white and still it might have been a formal painting. People were unwilling to get up. To look at the snow too long had a hypnotic effect, drawing away ...
... sides as she spoke and rarely looking anyone in the face . Katherine frowned . " Uganda by Fielding ? I don't remember . Is it marked as returned in the book ? " “ Yes , it's marked as returned , but they say they haven't had it ...
... side> to the Lending Library and to the Reading Room. The only piece of furniture was a large double-sided stand, painted duck-egg green, for Official War Photographs. This was now covered with pictures of destroyers, aeroplanes, and ...
... side was the high-pillared facade of the Central City Library, and on the last side were low reticent shop windows, tailors and jewellers. The green was covered with snow. Katherine was uncertain what to do. She had had no experience of ...
... side of it were dark offices , the premises of an oculist , a chemist's shop . On the other were the back entrances to some large stores , and the warehouse of a wine and spirit merchant . The two of them passed unremarked along the ...