Father came home feeling tired and weary. He had had a sorely trying day. When he opened the front door, he saw that . . . . [all] of the children were striking one another and speaking unpleasantly in loud, harsh voices . . . . "My goodness," said Father to Mother, "is this the sort of welcome I get after a sorely trying day?"
Thus begins my new favorite book, The Sorely Trying Day by Russell and Lillian Hoban (better-known for their Frances series), which was a felicitous find at the local library. In case you can't find it at yours, those sympathetic souls at the New York Review of Books Classics are going to bring out a new edition of the book, originally published in 1964, next year.
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Oh, "Bread and Jam for Frances" - that's a great book. And the one about Frances and the teaset ("No backsies!") And "Bedtime for Frances."
I should look for this one.
You'd really like it. It's written in a deliberately archaic circa 1908 American English.
Oh wow, that sounds like exactly what our house is like about 6 PM. Must find book!
We're big Frances fans over here, and that book sounds like our life lately.
Honestly, Dreshny, I thought of you immediately when I read it. It's exactly the kind of book you would love, and so would your four-year-old.
I needed that book today! I'm going to start using that way of describing the day...Thanks. "I've had a hard day" was getting old! Today I tried saying "rotten," but that wasn't quite true, since there were good parts in it....
Sheila, LOL! You would love the book, by the way.
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