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What a lovely, old-fashioned book - I read this one with the Retro Reads group. Our moderator found a beautifully done BBC film version available free on YouTube, so we did a combination reading and viewing, since the film was fairly accurate (and beautifully acted, I felt).
The book is a doorstop, but the writing is lovely and worth the time - so is the film! It follows shell-shocked young Welshman David Powlett-Jones, returning from the hellish trenches of WWI, and following a rather unique app ...more
The book is a doorstop, but the writing is lovely and worth the time - so is the film! It follows shell-shocked young Welshman David Powlett-Jones, returning from the hellish trenches of WWI, and following a rather unique app ...more
3 1/2 Stars
I think I deserve one of those shiny silver star stickers on my forehead for getting through all 678 pages! My paperback was literally falling apart in my hands and required frequent sticky tape first aid as I read.
As my friends know, I love chunky sagas and epics but I'll be honest with you. You could EASILY chop 200 pages off this without affecting the story one iota.
IN A NUTSHELL: A shell shock soldier ( WW1) is discharged from a lengthy hospital stay and is encouraged to take a po ...more
I think I deserve one of those shiny silver star stickers on my forehead for getting through all 678 pages! My paperback was literally falling apart in my hands and required frequent sticky tape first aid as I read.
As my friends know, I love chunky sagas and epics but I'll be honest with you. You could EASILY chop 200 pages off this without affecting the story one iota.
IN A NUTSHELL: A shell shock soldier ( WW1) is discharged from a lengthy hospital stay and is encouraged to take a po ...more
A little tedious about half way through but there was no turning back that far in! All in all pretty good story of David, headmaster of Bamfylde school and all those residing there.
A slice of life Beginning with WWI and ending with WWII in the English countryside.
I could have kept reading about Pow-Wow and the boys for many hundreds more pages.
To Serve Them All My Days begins with David Powlett-Jones, miner’s son, invalided out from the Western Front in 1918. As his generation of men is killed in the War, schools are experiencing teacher shortages and the Headmaster of one is willing to give him a chance, even though he hasn’t yet obtained a university degree. PJ is shell shocked and unconvinced he is going to pull through, but the community of the scho ...more
To Serve Them All My Days begins with David Powlett-Jones, miner’s son, invalided out from the Western Front in 1918. As his generation of men is killed in the War, schools are experiencing teacher shortages and the Headmaster of one is willing to give him a chance, even though he hasn’t yet obtained a university degree. PJ is shell shocked and unconvinced he is going to pull through, but the community of the scho ...more
I just finished Delderfield's "To Serve Them All My Days" which I never watched on PBS, and have enjoyed it deeply. A shell shocked WWI soldier who finds his road to healing in the culture and exercise of teaching boys.
This period of history has been my focus for the last couple years and Delderfield's rich characterizations and fascinating storytelling are so fun! He illustrates the pathos and eventually the great HOPE, which underscored the massive challenges and determination of the English p ...more
This period of history has been my focus for the last couple years and Delderfield's rich characterizations and fascinating storytelling are so fun! He illustrates the pathos and eventually the great HOPE, which underscored the massive challenges and determination of the English p ...more
Mar 03, 2013
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Jun 19, 2013
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May 28, 2016
Trish
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