A sensitive portrayal of the healing process that took place in the aftermath of the First World War JL Carr's A Month in the Country

Includes:: an introduction by Penelope Fitzgerald author of Offshore in Penguin Modern Classics A damaged survivor of the First World War Tom Birkin finds refuge in the quiet village church of Oxgodby where he is to spend the summer uncovering a huge medieval wall-painting Immersed in the peace & beauty of the countryside & the unchanging rhythms of village life he experiences a sense of renewal & belief in the future Now an old man Birkin looks back on the idyllic summer of 1920 remembering a vanished place of blissful calm untouched by change a precious moment he has carried with him through the disappointments of the years Adapted into a 1987 film starring Colin Firth Natasha Richardson & Kenneth Branagh A Month in the Country traces the slow revival of the primeval rhythms of life so cruelly disorientated by the Great War Joseph Lloyd Carr (1912-1994) attended the village school at Carlton Miniott in the North Riding & Castleford Secondary School A head teacher publisher & novelist his books include A Day in Summer (1964); The Harpole Report (1972); A Month in the Country (1980) which won the Guardian Fiction prize & was shortlisted for the Booker Prize; The Battle of Pollock's Crossing (1985) which was also shortlisted for the Booker Prize; What Hetty Did (1988) & Harpole & Foxberrow General Publishers (1992) If you enjoyed A Month in the Country you might like Ford Madox Ford's Parade's End also available in Penguin Modern Classics' Unlike anything else in modern English literature'DJ Taylor Spectator

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Please note this is a region 2 DVD region B Blu-ray & will require a region 2 or region free DVDBlu-ray player in order to play Adapted from the novel of the same name by J L Carr A Month in the Country is set in the summer of 1920s rural Yorkshire following destitute World War I veteran Tom Birkin (Colin Firth) Birkin has been employed by a village church to carry out restoration work on a medieval mural while coming to terms with the after-effects of the war During his time in the slow-paced village Birkin forms a close friendship with archaeologist James Moon (Kenneth Branagh) a fellow veteran who is also emotionally scarred following the conflict The film follows Birkin as he settles into village life forming romantic relationships & bonding with families & locals Neglected after its initial 1987 cinema release the film features a score by Howard Blake (The Snowman The Avengers) & is notable for its strong British cast which also

Includes:: Natasha Richardson Patrick Malahide & Jim Carter Actors Colin Firth Kenneth Branagh Natasha Richardson Patrick Malahide Tony Haygarth Directors Pat O' Connor Format CDDVD Dolby PALLanguage English Subtitles For The Hearing Impaired English Region Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe Read more about DVD formats) Number of discs 2

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Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play The city of Hamburg is in a state of high alert after numerous terrorist plots with all the key players locked in a tight battle Into this complex game of international politics comes Karpov a Chechnyan refugee suspected of being part of a terrorist organisation & Annabel Richter a passionate human rights lawyer Little do they know that they are simple pawns in a much deadlier game than they could have imagined in this tense thriller from the best-selling author John Le Carre ...

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For ten years Delia has had to fend for herself & her son Jack & as a young unmarried mother life has never been easy Every new coat & pair of shoes was bought with what little money she could scrape together as a singer on the stage But when the theatre work dries up Delia faces a dilemma continue the search for employment with no knowing whether she’ll find the stability & security her son needs or return to the place that should be home where only spite & hatred await them Desperate now a chance encounter suddenly presents a lifeline But Delia is faced with an impossible heart-wrenching choice Can she bear to leave Jack behind hoping another family will care for him? Will they ever be reunited? What else can a mother do to give her son the life he deserves? Val Wood&s wonderful historical sagas are perfect for readers of Dilly Court Maggie Hope & Rosie Goodwin ...

Will her courage be enough to protect her family? Eleanor Saint spends as much time as she can helping in the community of her small mining town even though her snobbish grandmother disapproves of her visiting the poor When she comes of age Eleanor is married to Frances Tait a missionary & she is delighted to have a husband who shares her passion for helping others It is not long before Eleanor starts a family of her own But when Mr Tait's work takes their family far from home her children face dangers that Eleanor could never have imagined She will need to put her family first before everything else if she wants to protect them A gripping saga from the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Coal Miner's Daughter ...

On April 20 1999 Eric Harris & Dylan Klebold walked into Columbine High School in Littleton Colorado Over the course of minutes they would kill twelve students & a teacher & wound twenty-four others before taking their own lives For the last sixteen years Sue Klebold Dylan's mother has lived with the indescribable grief & shame of that day How could her child the promising young man she had loved & raised be responsible for such horror? & how as his mother had she not known something was wrong? Were there subtle signs she had missed? What if anything could she have done differently? These are questions that Klebold has grappled with every day since the Columbine tragedy In A Mother's Reckoning she chronicles with unflinching honesty her journey as a mother trying to come to terms with the incomprehensible In the hope that the insights & understanding she has gained may help other families recognize when a child is in distress she tells her story in full drawing upon her personal journals the videos & writings that Dylan left behind & on countless interviews with mental health experts Filled with hard-won wisdom & compassion A Mother's Reckoning is a powerful & haunting book that sheds light on one of the most pressing issues of our time & with fresh wounds from the recent Newtown & Charleston shootings never has the need for understanding been more urgent All author profits from the book will be donated to research & to charitable organizations focusing on mental health issues ...