I have just finished reading a short book by the playwright Alan Bennett, called The Uncommon Reader.
It’s a fictional story of a mobile library arriving at Buckingham Palace and the Queen rediscovering her love for books. Walking her corgis one day the Queen stumbles upon the mobile library. Not wanting to seem rude she borrows a book, and then another. Soon she has been bitten by the bug and finds herself reading whenever she gets a moment. She becomes adroit at reading in the car while waving with her free hand and seems to be neglecting her once impeccably performed duties….
It’s very clever- anyone who genuinely loves books will be smiling on every page! It’s a kick at ‘the establishment’ too, but mostly it’s about the love of books… so if you know me, you know why I loved it!
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