north_shore_lib (![[info]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} north_shore_lib) wrote,@ 2008-02-03 13:46:00 |
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The Uncommon Reader by Alan Bennett
What a charming little story! It all starts when the Queen's corgis get loose and end up in the mobile library parked near Buckingham Palace. Once inside, she feels that it is her proper royal duty to at least check out one book. But feeling a bit awkward and not knowing what to choose, she ask advice from Norman, a young servant from the royal kitchen. One book turns into two. Soon many books turn her into a "reader" - such a reader that she starts to prefer her books than her queenly duties. She finds comfort that to books all readers are equal, herself included. They don't care who reads them, even if you are a queen. There are no pretensions, no being intimidated because she is the Queen. They are open and honest to her. She learns through characters how others live and she finds that quite refreshing. Besides as she once tells her footman, "A book is a device to ignite the imagination." One would think these are all good things. But her reading causes problems in the Palace and at her Royal Teas. Lots of fun for the reader!
The Uncommon Reader by Alan Bennett is currently on the new adult fiction shelves. If that copy is unavailable, there might also be one on the Friend's Rental shelves. This one is worth every penny of the $1.00 charge (and besides that money all comes back to the Library) and the 120 pages are easily read in one week. Enjoy!
What a charming little story! It all starts when the Queen's corgis get loose and end up in the mobile library parked near Buckingham Palace. Once inside, she feels that it is her proper royal duty to at least check out one book. But feeling a bit awkward and not knowing what to choose, she ask advice from Norman, a young servant from the royal kitchen. One book turns into two. Soon many books turn her into a "reader" - such a reader that she starts to prefer her books than her queenly duties. She finds comfort that to books all readers are equal, herself included. They don't care who reads them, even if you are a queen. There are no pretensions, no being intimidated because she is the Queen. They are open and honest to her. She learns through characters how others live and she finds that quite refreshing. Besides as she once tells her footman, "A book is a device to ignite the imagination." One would think these are all good things. But her reading causes problems in the Palace and at her Royal Teas. Lots of fun for the reader!
The Uncommon Reader by Alan Bennett is currently on the new adult fiction shelves. If that copy is unavailable, there might also be one on the Friend's Rental shelves. This one is worth every penny of the $1.00 charge (and besides that money all comes back to the Library) and the 120 pages are easily read in one week. Enjoy!
