Have you been watching Call the Midwife on Sunday evenings? It’s another wonderful import from British television! It is based on the book The Midwife: A Memoir of Birth, Joy and Hard Times by Jennifer Worth. Nonnatus House is run by Anglican nursing nuns and Nurse Jenny arrives to live and work alongside them as [...]
Last night, I watched the first episode of the second season of Downton Abbey on Masterpiece. I enjoy this story so much! Like a good book that you don’t want to put down, I wanted to show to continue. But I have to wait until next Sunday! The first season begins in 1912 and portrays [...]
Over the Christmas weekend, I watched two very good and entertaining movies on dvd. My brother brought home The Help and Midnight in Paris. The Help is based on Kathryn Stockett’s immensely popular novel from 2009. The story takes place in Jackson, Mississippi, during the civil rights movement in the early sixties. Skeeter has returned [...]
A new dramatic adaptation of Jane Austen’s Emma will air this Sunday on Masterpiece. It is a three-parter and then last year’s adaptations of Northanger Abbey and Persuasion will be shown again. I very much enjoyed Sally Hawkins’ portrayal of Anne Elliott in Persuasion. Beth, Reader’s Services
“It’s not the dead that get to you in the end. It’s the people they leave behind.” So says Detective Superintendant Boyd, head of the Cold Case Unit of the Metropolitan Police in London. The library owns the first three seasons of this excellent BBC drama. The squad has three detectives, a forensic expert and [...]
Quiet Strength by Tony Dungy With so many people being given media attention today, it is often difficult to spot someone who has true strength, perseverance, and faith. This memoir by football player and coach Dungy is an inspiring account of how a determined and humble man made his choices, set his priorities, and developed [...]