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Angela Thirkell

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Growing up Hardcover – January 1, 1945

by Angela Thirkell (Author)

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Growing Up

Book 12 of 29

Barsetshire
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English
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The Book Club
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January 1, 1945
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1851230408
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978-1851230402
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Publisher ‏ : ‎ The Book Club; Book Club ed edition (January 1, 1945)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 0 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1851230408
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1851230402

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Why read Angela Thirkell?

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on October 12, 2019

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You have to have a dry sense of humor and a love of absurdity to read Angela Thirkell. You also have to come prepared for her cultural blinders.

The prose is dense, the people distinct and three-dimensional. She has her favorites, though they're far and few between -- but you feel she likes most of them.

It's what reading a children's book written in the years around World War 1 is like: if you read carefully, you see what the period was like: the prejudices, the fads, the attitudes. Reading Angela Thirkell is an education in the attitudes of a certain proportion of British people, most middle-class to upper-middle-class, with a good education and unexamined privilege.

If you like Thirkell, you'll probably like Trollope. And if you love Thirkell, you pick up the book on a night you need to relax, make yourself a good pot of tea and possibly some biscuits, and immerse yourself in another world.

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please help

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on June 26, 2017

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I am still waiting for this to arrive on my Kindle !!! in spite of using the quickie!!

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F. Oakley

Fresher than some Thirkell

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on August 14, 2006

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This is a sweet book. Very like the typical Thirkell but addresses the question form two characters..."Are we grown up, yet?" Well done!

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Sile Bauriedel

Five Stars

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on July 28, 2017

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Another one of my favorite Thirkell novels.

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on August 15, 2017

Good clean copy

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on March 18, 2018

In this most satisfactory novel, Thirkell continues following the residents of Barsetshire as the live through WWII. Growing Up focuses mainly on the twenty-somethings living in Winter Overcotes, as they take on adult responsibilities and grow out of childish thinking. Thirkell writes with humor, charm, and just a bit of snark, which makes her books a true pleasure to read. They must be read in order, though, so as to keep up with the characters. If you like a gentle read, and have any interest in England in the 1930's and 1940's, I certainly recommend this series. (High Rising begins the series.)

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Favorite characters soldier on in the depths of WWII

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on June 23, 2013

While not my favorite of Thirkell's Barsetshire series - like other reviewers I am also working my way through chronologically - I found the increasingly somber and reflective tone fitting to the time this novel is set, three to four years into the war. There is still plenty of Thirkell's signature dry humor, affectionate portrayals of new characters (Nannie, Matron, Selina and Mr. Beedle were some of my faves!), and pleasurable visits from beloved old friends from previous outings. I read these books for the light, dry British humor, delightful characters and as corny as it sounds, a look at a vanished world - life in the English countryside in the golden years between world wars, which characters here silently lament but bravely endure with typical British stiff upper lips amid the amazing hardships, shortages and deprivations people cheerfully put up with for the war effort. America has been in two 10-year wars simultaneously and there has been no sacrifice asked or given except for a very tiny portion of the population that serves in the armed forces; I can't imagine modern Americans or Brits putting up with the conditions civilians endured in WWII! Greatest generation indeed...

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J. Clark

Another gem

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on January 24, 2001

Showing the struggles and hardships during the war years on the homefront in Britain, Growing Up brings back old favorites and introduces new friends. It shows the anxiety of the unknown, always present for those with loved ones serving in the war and humor abounds in new characters; Selina, Doris and Lily-Anne the railway porters, Nannie and old Jasper. Old friends from previous books in the series; Tony Morland, Mrs. Morland, Tommy Needham, Lydia and Noel Merton, Octavia Crawley, and Philip Winter make for a delightful reunion.

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Katkin

Loved it

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on May 9, 2016

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Absolutely loved this Angela Thirkell written in the war years. Lots of familiar characters and a good story. Pure escapism and nostalgia for a time long passed.

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I wouldn’t choose this as your first book

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on August 22, 2020

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Not enjoying this as much as other Angela Thirkell I have read . Characters don’t seem so engaging , al least slower to warm to them .

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The Schoolkeeper

Old favourite in a new livery

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on July 1, 2010

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For the loyal fans of Angela Thirkell it's very pleasant to see an old favourite in a smart new format. Great story as well!

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