Love Among the Haystacks

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by D. H. Lawrence | Literature & Fiction |
ISBN: 0146000919 Global Overview for this book
Registered by wingCordelia-annewing of Decatur, Georgia USA on 11/21/2015
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Journal Entry 1 by wingCordelia-annewing from Decatur, Georgia USA on Saturday, November 21, 2015
I read and released another copy of this little book ten years ago. As Thanksgiving is around the corner and I'm headed to a family gathering, this does not seem the time for a re-read. Lawrence's intensity and a theme of sibling rivalry would hardly promote good turkey digestion. The book I released earlier survived its journey to be journaled at one point so I think I'll send this toward someone who enjoys these tiny editions and wild releasing them. I did not see a copy of this on her bookshelf.

Here's my other copy:

http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/2421417/

Here's what I had to say about it:

Lawrence is the ultimate Romantic writer. Nature is surely is his priest. This poetic story of two young brothers struggling with sexual awakening and sibling rivalry is very typical of him. I enjoyed its recreation of the rural world of the 19th-20th Century. Geoffrey, the jealous sibling, is the most fleshed out character. Lawrence's short stories are very good. This is a compelling read, a lovely little paperback with a beautiful cover painting by Jean-Francois Millet, The Sheep Meadow, Moonlight, which matches the story perfectly in its rural Romanticism.

Journal Entry 2 by wingCordelia-annewing at Nashua, New Hampshire USA on Saturday, November 21, 2015

Released 8 yrs ago (11/21/2015 UTC) at Nashua, New Hampshire USA

CONTROLLED RELEASE NOTES:

For GoryDetails, a book to read and release--or to release if you've already read it.

Journal Entry 3 by wingGoryDetailswing at Nashua, New Hampshire USA on Tuesday, November 24, 2015
Thanks so much for the book and the lovely card! This is one of the 60s series that I haven't come across before, so I'm delighted at a chance to read it and then look for a suitable geocache - ideally among some haystacks, but those are few and far between these days {wry grin}.

Later: A thoroughly enjoyable story, this, though at first I feared it was going to get very dark, what with the simmering sibling rivalry amid the scorching heat of the hayfields. Things didn't go the way I expected, though, and I found myself caught up in both the emotional ups and downs of the main characters and the lavish descriptions.

I've actually taken part in real-life haying operations, including one summer back in my college days when the ranchers still made haystacks instead of baling the hay. They had tractors to rake and haul the hay, but forming the stack still required a lot of heavy manual labor with pitchforks, plus some skill in making the stack structurally sound. Those stacks weren't as tall as the ones in this story, I suspect, as falling from one wouldn't have been that much of a trauma, but I still enjoyed comparing my memories to the story's details.

Released 8 yrs ago (11/25/2015 UTC) at New Hampshire geocache (see notes for details) in -- Geocaches, New Hampshire USA

WILD RELEASE NOTES:

I left this book, bagged for protection, in the Hey, what's that palmetto doing here? geocache in Merrimack at around 3. Hope the finder enjoys it!

*** Released as part of the 2015 Keep Them Moving release challenge. ***

*** Released as part of the 2015 The 'The' release challenge. ***

Journal Entry 5 by wingAnonymousFinderwing at Spencer, Massachusetts USA on Saturday, April 15, 2017
Tried reading but just didn't get into it.

Left in a geocache in Townsend, Massachusetts 4/14/2017
GC3AFD3 Meetinghouse Park #11
N 42° 40.163 W 071° 40.567

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