A Cool Book for a Hot Day August 14, 2009
Posted by Rosemary in Fiction, New Books.trackback
We made a quick trip down to Nashville early this week. There wasn’t going to be much time for relaxing and sinking into a good book, so I had to choose the book I would take with care. When I saw that the weather predictions were for temperatures in the high 90s, I knew exactly which book to take: The Frozen Thames by Helen Humphreys.
This pint-sized book tells the story of the 40 times the river Thames froze completely over between 1142 and 1895. Each of the 40 years has a several page vignette as told from one individual’s viewpoint. The author’s unusually creative approach to historical fiction is based on documented facts, many of which were mentioned in 3 books published from 1814 to 1887. Some
of the stories are immensely sad, since the frozen river caused much loss and pain. But there are other stories that will amuse and start the hint of a smile on the reader’s face.
~Rosemary
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