Still Glides the Stream

Re-reading this in May 2023 and Roger Ayrton and Amberwell are in it!! I never realized that before because I read this before I read Amberwell. 😍......more

Intriguing story that got more interesting as it went. Will Hastie is coming home after being away for a while, and he is home to stay, to help his father run the farm. A big part of his homecoming is his reunion with his next-door neighbors. There was a son and daughter, Rae and Patty, who grew up......more

Another book in which the hero returns to Scotland after the war to begin a new life, and is buoyed by old friends, neighbors, and an unexpectedly charming father. However, Will's childhood friend has died, and Will's intervention is needed to find that family something to substitute for their grief......more

I have been In a Mood lately (like, I know, who hasn't?), but purchased this a few days ago when it was on sale and ended up reading it in one big gulp last night. It's entirely predictable and familiar and a total balm - for at least a few hours.......more

Another "nice" post-WWII book by DE Stevenson. And I mean this without sarcasm. Her books are populated largely by nice, decent folks, who try to do the right thing in difficult circumstances. Family, the ancestral home, the faithful retainers, the old friends one has known since the nursery, all of......more