Notes from a Small Island

by Bill Bryson | Literature & Fiction | This book has not been rated.
ISBN: 0552996009 Global Overview for this book
Registered by wingPlum-crazywing of Brighouse, West Yorkshire United Kingdom on 6/28/2009
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Journal Entry 1 by wingPlum-crazywing from Brighouse, West Yorkshire United Kingdom on Sunday, June 28, 2009
Amazon Editorial Review:
Bill Bryson is an unabashed Anglophile who, through a mistake of history, happened to be born and bred in Iowa. Righting that error, he spent 20 years in England before deciding to repatriate: "I had recently read that 3.7 million Americans according to a Gallup poll, believed that they had been abducted by aliens at one time or another, so it was clear that my people needed me." That comic tone enlivens this account of Bryson's farewell walking tour of the countryside of "the green and kindly island that had for two decades been my home."

Journal Entry 2 by wingPlum-crazywing at Brighouse, West Yorkshire United Kingdom on Saturday, March 5, 2011
A very entertaining read that's full of characters & situations that you'll recognise. From the stereotypical 1970's english B&B landlady to the surly waitress in a Manchester Chinese, Bryson has you nodding your head in agreement & sniggering away at his humorous, but never malicious, comments (okay he does suggest blowing up Keighley (page 122) but I can understand that)

I had intended to post snippets of what made me smile but there were far too many - much easier to read it for yourself :o)

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Journal Entry 4 by wingPlum-crazywing at Brighouse, West Yorkshire United Kingdom on Wednesday, February 18, 2015
Can't remember when this came back to me but it's going travelling again....

Journal Entry 5 by wingPlum-crazywing at Overgate Hospice Charity shop in Brighouse, West Yorkshire United Kingdom on Wednesday, February 25, 2015

Released 9 yrs ago (2/24/2015 UTC) at Overgate Hospice Charity shop in Brighouse, West Yorkshire United Kingdom

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