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Flight of the Heron read-along: Prologue
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Welcome everyone to the Flight of the Heron read-along! I'm delighted by the amount of interest there's been in this lovely book recently, and I hope this will be a great opportunity to discuss it in more depth.
Some notes:
A reminder of where to find the novel as a free ebook and a free audiobook.
My plan is to cover two chapters in most weeks, but I thought we'd start with just the Prologue, partly to provide a gentle introduction and partly because it makes it easier to split the rest of the book up in a way that makes sense.
We have a mixture of people re-reading the book and people reading it for the first time participating, so, if you've read the book before and would like to discuss earlier chapters in the context of what happens later on, please warn for or hide spoilers! I suggest using rot13, if that works for everyone.
Next week we'll read Part I chapters 1 and 2, and meet Keith Windham...
Welcome everyone to the Flight of the Heron read-along! I'm delighted by the amount of interest there's been in this lovely book recently, and I hope this will be a great opportunity to discuss it in more depth.
Some notes:
A reminder of where to find the novel as a free ebook and a free audiobook.
My plan is to cover two chapters in most weeks, but I thought we'd start with just the Prologue, partly to provide a gentle introduction and partly because it makes it easier to split the rest of the book up in a way that makes sense.
We have a mixture of people re-reading the book and people reading it for the first time participating, so, if you've read the book before and would like to discuss earlier chapters in the context of what happens later on, please warn for or hide spoilers! I suggest using rot13, if that works for everyone.
Next week we'll read Part I chapters 1 and 2, and meet Keith Windham...
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Well, first off, it was a thing for the elite. So Lachlan would never be wearing one, or you know, someone in working-class England. And it was a thing for social occasions, so probably you're not wearing one when you just got up and you're puttering around at home. But if you do wear one in public, I think you do it consistently.
It's a weird fashion! When writing sex scenes, don't forget to take Keith's wig off... : )
Re: Broster's wartime experience, I don't know if it influenced Alison's name, but I'm sure it influenced other aspects of her writing. She writes surprisingly few battle scenes for books set during wartime. Maybe she didn't want to re-live the bloody parts of war...
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Haha, good point! (Now I imagine him with his wig hanging askew from his temple whilst lost in fornication. Ewan, moaning: "Goddammit! You should have taken it off, you look overly ridiculous! I cannot continue like this.") Thank you for explaining proper wig decorum. :D
She writes surprisingly few battle scenes for books set during wartime. Maybe she didn't want to re-live the bloody parts of war...
That would make so much sense, really. The idea about her experience and Alisons's name was really only a shot in the dark. :)