tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3773539610706998068.post5601358480032111252..comments2024-03-28T10:33:47.385+11:00Comments on Kate Constable's Blog: The Heart of the FamilyA latte beckonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12967372772145537800noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3773539610706998068.post-58697946936180245602021-06-28T10:55:23.836+10:002021-06-28T10:55:23.836+10:00Yes, there seems to be a recurring theme in Goudge...Yes, there seems to be a recurring theme in Goudge's writing to do with payment or balance or evening out -- pain for joy, prayer for peace, some kind of sacrifice for happiness (one's own or for others). Maybe it's a way of trying to make sense of the random gifts and sufferings of the universe, trying to make them into some kind of pattern? I can see the comfort in it.A latte beckonshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12967372772145537800noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3773539610706998068.post-29442985366119495382021-06-28T09:57:29.969+10:002021-06-28T09:57:29.969+10:00This is my favourite of the three books, Kate, eve...This is my favourite of the three books, Kate, even though - as you say - almost nothing happens. I think in most of her novels, no matter how seemingly light, Goudge is always grappling with some of the really big issues in life...duty, service, love, guilt... Each time I read her books, I'm drawn to a different one. On my last reading of this book, I was struck by the way that Sally's fear of childbirth seems to her a measure of recompense, a balancing, for her great unearned good fortune in health, happiness and love. Susan Greenhttp://www.veritysparks.comnoreply@blogger.com