The Clothes They Stood Up In
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The Ransomes come home from an evening at the opera only to find they have been robbed. The thieves took everything. The furniture, the appliances, the medicine cabinet off the wall. The only things they have left are the clothes they are wearing.
English humor at its best finds the Ransomes learning to live a lifestyle far different from the luxurious one they had before.
English humor at its best finds the Ransomes learning to live a lifestyle far different from the luxurious one they had before.
Journal Entry 2 by BayAreaBookie at Starbucks - Dublin Ave. & Regional in Dublin, California USA on Tuesday, April 12, 2005
Released 19 yrs ago (4/12/2005 UTC) at Starbucks - Dublin Ave. & Regional in Dublin, California USA
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Released at our monthly meetup. Enjoy!
Released at our monthly meetup. Enjoy!
Received from fellow BookCrosser BayAreaBookie at this evening's Dublin Meetup.
A quirky little story. The Ransomes must learn to deal with the loss of every single thing they owned -- right down to the toilet paper -- and adjust accordingly. This is made more difficult by the fact that they (especially Mr. Ransome) are fairly rigid folk.
Mrs. Ransome experiences something of an awakening or sense of freedom from this "wiping clean of the slate," so that when the surprise ending comes, she appears to be ready for it, even though it was completely unexpected.
Mrs. Ransome experiences something of an awakening or sense of freedom from this "wiping clean of the slate," so that when the surprise ending comes, she appears to be ready for it, even though it was completely unexpected.
Journal Entry 5 by countedx58 at Controlled Release in Controlled Release, A Bookcrossing member -- Controlled Releases on Tuesday, May 10, 2005
Released 19 yrs ago (5/10/2005 UTC) at Controlled Release in Controlled Release, A Bookcrossing member -- Controlled Releases
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Released to fellow BookCrosser CloudDancing at this evening's Dublin meeting of the TriValley BookCrossers.
Released to fellow BookCrosser CloudDancing at this evening's Dublin meeting of the TriValley BookCrossers.
Got at the Book Crossers meet-up, to be read on the way to Disneyland
Yay! This book made it back to the meet-up. I'm looking forward to reading it. :)
Journal Entry 8 by CloudDancing at Starbucks - Dublin Ave. & Regional in Dublin, California USA on Tuesday, October 11, 2005
Released 18 yrs ago (10/11/2005 UTC) at Starbucks - Dublin Ave. & Regional in Dublin, California USA
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Released at the Dublin Starbucks at the Meetup. British humor.
Released at the Dublin Starbucks at the Meetup. British humor.
Book is still here.
The book had its moments but as it progressed it seemed to go off tangent. It reads like one long-winded run-on sentence held together by a string of "and thens".
Journal Entry 11 by caligula03 at Meet-Up Meeting, Starbucks in -- Mail or by hand-rings, RABCK, meetings, trades, California USA on Friday, March 31, 2006
Released 18 yrs ago (4/11/2006 UTC) at Meet-Up Meeting, Starbucks in -- Mail or by hand-rings, RABCK, meetings, trades, California USA
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Taking to the next meeting.
Taking to the next meeting.
So nice to meet you Sarah. I will also share this with my mother.
