Northshire Bookstore Review
Reviewed By... Karen Frank

A reprint of a wonderful novel from 1965. I read it in one sitting and found it beautiful and intensely moving. It is a story bursting with heart and intelligence expertly written. A young man from a poor farming family is sent to university by his father in the early 20th century to learn new agricultural science. Knowing what a hardship it was for his family to scrape up the tuition as well as lose their onl... read more>>>

Northshire Bookstore Review
Reviewed By... Bob Gray

A Month in the Country is the poignant and redemptive tale of a man, Tom Birkin, who returns from the Great War reeling from both his shell-shock and broken marriage. An expert on restoring medieval murals, he accepts a job in a remote Yorkshire village. As Birkin works, he delicately strips away not just the covering paint on the church wall, but the pain that has washed over his heart and mind. The term ... read more>>>

Northshire Bookstore Review
Reviewed By... Summer Edge 03

It seems that Poetry "month" just hasn't been long enough for us in 2003, so we've found ourselves celebrating Poetry Year instead. Or perhaps, more accurately, we're celebrating poetry itself and the news to be found there every day of the year. As a result of our February event, "A Poetry Reading in Honor of the Right to Protest as a Patriotic and Historical Tradition" the renowned publisher George Br... read more>>>