AUDREY FINCH
  • Audrey's blog
  • About me
  • Services
  • Reiki
  • nlp
  • new-ebook-of-short-stories
  • Disclosures
  • Privacy Policy
  • Contact Me

At the Movies.

7/12/2015

0 Comments

 
There are two movies showing at the moment based on books I have particularly enjoyed.  I share below my thoughts – no spoilers.  I confess to not having read either book recently so this is my remembered feelings around the books.
​
There are two movies showing at the moment based on books I have particularly enjoyed.  I share below my thoughts – no spoilers.  I confess to not having read either book recently so this is my remembered feelings around the books.

​The first is Carol, by Patricia Highsmith.
Back then, I couldn’t get enough Patricia Highsmith, I loved her writing.  This one was a particular favourite.  It came out at a time when there was no lesbian culture available on the mainstream media.  I devoured it and re-read it many times immersing myself in the world of Carol and Therese. 

​How the world has changed, now every television soap has a lesbian and we are fully integrated and accepted by society.  Back then it was different, but Carol let me know I wasn’t alone.

Next is Sunset Song, by Lewis Grassic Gibbon
. 
 

This is the first part of A Scots Quair.  (Followed by Cloud Howe and Grey Granite).  Another book I could relate to, but for different reasons this time.  I was brought up in the north-east of Scotland, from farming stock so it was easy for me to translate my grandparents into the characters in the book.

My main memory from the book is the contrast between the hard farming life and the horrors of war and its aftermaths.  Chris Guthrie. The heroine faces many battles, but somehow endures.

I look forward to seeing both movies.  I'm trying to decide whether to re-read the books again first.  Thoughts welcome.
0 Comments



Leave a Reply.

    Click on an image below to download a free ebook
    ​right now.
    PictureL
    9 Things You've Always Wanted to Know about Reiki
    Picture
    NLP Mastery Program
    Picture
    Self Help

    Author

    Hi, thanks for visiting my blog.  My name is Audrey Finch and I am an author and a passionate believer in holistic health and wellbeing.  
    My first novel, What Lies Within is available on all the Amazon sites and in multiple formats,  on smashwords.com

    Categories

    All
    Achieve
    Achieve Goals
    Brexit
    Coaching
    Health And Well Being
    Healthy Living
    Kindle Books
    Musings
    News
    Nlp Techniques
    Politics
    Reiki
    Setting Goals
    Short Stories
    Writing

    Archives

    November 2017
    October 2017
    September 2017
    August 2017
    March 2017
    February 2016
    December 2015
    September 2012
    August 2012
    July 2012
    June 2012

  • Audrey's blog
  • About me
  • Services
  • Reiki
  • nlp
  • new-ebook-of-short-stories
  • Disclosures
  • Privacy Policy
  • Contact Me