Absent in the Spring

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This book is in very good condition - small ownership stamp on ffep and inside of back board; slight spottiness to edges and ffep. Of course, the biggest surprise was that I could hardly put the book down once the characters had been introduced and Joan's dilemma became clear.

And now, after taking leave of Barbara's home, Joan is stranded in Tell Abu Hamid, which is just one of many stages of the nearly week-long journey between Baghdad and home in Crayminster, England. Stranded between trains, Joan Scudamore finds herself reflecting upon her life, her family, and finally coming to grips with the uncomfortable truths about her life. This is the reprint edition of the original 1944 edition and was issued under Agatha Christies pen name of Mary Westmacott. Joan is married to Rodney Scudamore, a successful but dissatisfied solicitor, and they have three grown offspring.When the narrator does intervene, it is simply to state facts, but through Joan’s eyes, enabling the reader to draw their own conclusions. Paul on the way to Damascus"-type revelation that might jar readers' religious feelings, but it can be easily overcome, as it is neither an attempt to convert or offensive in any way. Philip Temple is an award-winning author of fiction and non-fiction for both adults and children, often on the subjects of New Zealand history and the natural world. Famous for her ingenious crime books and plays, Agatha Christie also wrote about crimes of the heart, six bittersweet and very personal novels, as compelling and memorable as the best of her work. The heavy rains wash away the railway lines, leaving her stranded in an isolated rest house (pretty much in the middle of nowhere).

Y cuando se está abrumado por la pena y los sufrimientos, se tiene la impresión de que nunca se podrá superar todo aquello, de que jamás se logrará salir de aquellas tinieblas para volver a ver la luz del sol. I came away thinking: I wonder if Mrs Christy herself had experienced such an epiphany in her own life! Although not a Christian novel, it deals with the depths of depravity in the human heart in a way which few “light” novels do. This is a novel that is closely based on one of the parables in St Luke's Gospel - the pharisee and the tax collector who are praying in the temple.Absent in the Spring: Stranded between trains, Joan Scudamore finds herself reflecting upon her life, her family, and finally coming to grips with the uncomfortable truths about her life. This sudden solitude compels Joan to assess her life for the first time ever and face up to many of the truths about herself. Another reviewer, said the book made her profoundly uncomfortable, and that's probably what it was supposed to do.