{"id":856,"date":"2017-03-02T10:36:37","date_gmt":"2017-03-02T10:36:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.elizabethgoudge.org\/?p=856"},"modified":"2017-03-02T21:27:28","modified_gmt":"2017-03-02T21:27:28","slug":"editors-letter-march-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.elizabethgoudge.org\/index.php\/2017\/03\/02\/editors-letter-march-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"Editors Letter March 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The heavenly beauty of the spring day sent her mercurial spirits soaring upwards, and she sang softly as she walked along the street, swinging her basket. The beautiful old houses about her seemed lovely as the houses in a fairy-tale\u2026\u2026.\u201d<br \/>\n(Herb of Grace p 16)<\/p>\n<p>The book\u2019s opening is fresh, vivid, all life\u2019s possibilities lie ahead and the world is a stage set for adventure and romance An aspect of Spring we all long for at the end of a long grey winter. Sally in <em>The Herb of Grace <\/em>is the personification of all that we find attractive in youth and fresh beginnings. Our hearts go out to her.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor Lucilla was not without hope for the future. She had lived long enough to know that the spring always comes back. Also, she knew that if it was to be a flowering spring one must make one\u2019s preparations.\u201d<br \/>\n(Herb of Grace p 64)<\/p>\n<p>The book balances this with the knowledge and depth that Lucilla has found and puts into practise, when those cruel winds of March bluster around, gaining entrance from any small crack in our defences, telling the conflicting tales of spring.<\/p>\n<p>The Herb of Grace is my favorite of the Eliot trilogy a book full of optimism and charm which could so easily have been the last written of the Eliots. Elizabeth always maintained that she had only produced <em>Heart of the Family<\/em> due to the pressure of fans asking for more about them.<\/p>\n<p>Trouble is, I find I can never start a trilogy in the middle.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The heavenly beauty of the spring day sent her mercurial spirits soaring upwards, and she sang softly as she walked along the street, swinging her basket. 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