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Pinch Me Reads for the Spring Soul
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Maria Fredriksson
My top picks to get you in the mood for the season. Some novels, some classics, some weight-carriers...these are the ones every woman should be familiar with.
 
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Some years after World War II a seemingly unremarkable London spinster comes in possession of a tumbledown village house and the community is altered.
The Scent of Water: Goudge, Elizabeth - Amazon.com
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Archetypes of culture, belief, classical education, and womanhood come to life for Prudencia Prim when she answers an ad in a French village that has chosen to treasure the grandeur of a simpler existence.
The Awakening of Miss Prim
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A London neighborhood marked by the Blitz takes on a new dimension when neglected, young Lovejoy finds a soggy packet of seeds in the gutter and dreams of a garden in a bombed out church yard. This book is out of print but can be found used. Read a...open.substack.com/pub/rachelreeves/p/lesser-known-literary-gems-everyone?r=983rq&utm_medium=ios
An Episode of Sparrows (New York Review Children's Collection)
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A tale of two nations’ tragic flaws turned to joy and some of the Bard’s most beautiful verses on florals.
The Winter's Tale: Arden Performance Editions - Barnes & Noble
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a detailed view of the Church Doctor’s world and a beautiful glossary of plants and her garden plans to awaken spring dreaming in any soul.
St. Hildegard’s Garden
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Some love this book, some are confounded by it. I loved watching Valancy's narrow world broaden from its pinched hatred to fresh wings.
The Blue Castle by L. M. Montgomery
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We could all awaken through a soul searching reread of this classic.
The Secret Garden - by Frances Hodgson Burnett (Hardcover)
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A weightier read for the soul wishing to create a more beautiful tapestry of life.
Aesthetics Volume I by Dietrich von Hildebrand
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A short but profoundly enlightening read on playfulness in the human heart.
All Books
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Vol II of Hildebrand's perception altering work.
Aesthetics Volume II by Hildebrand
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