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Rereading is even better than reading it the first time. I love discussing each chapter with the www.MitfordBookClub.com. Here is part of my contribution about chapter 113, Helene, pages 337-341: “I love their decision to share the angel! It seems to me that it will be something to look forward to every year- one year the joy of wrapping and presenting it, and the next, the joy of receiving it.”

Reading along with Oak Tree tutoring students this summer is going to be fun!

Every page is full of practical encouragement.

I’m rereading with the Mitford Book Club (Facebook group) and adding my comments about writers, literary references, and mentions of music in every chapter. Considering that there are 137 chapters this may take a while!

I’m not sure I’m going to persevere through all 245 pages of this book. I enjoyed a section in the second chapter about Margaret’s memory of a childhood room that later inspired the writing of Goodnight Moon, but nothing else has grabbed my interest so far.