Comments on: The Sunday Salon

By: Litlove

Litlove — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 10:25:08 +0000

I would love to read Dear Dodie – such an interesting time in literary history and I know nothing at all about her career as a playwright. I shall certainly be looking out for it!

By: Simon T

Simon T — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 22:54:43 +0000

I love the picture, which might entice me into the book…

I read Dear Dodie a few years ago, just after reading I Capture The Castle for the first time, and found it fascinating – all those people she knew! And I discovered her pseudonym was C L Anthony – and consequently that I already owned one of her plays, in a Best Plays of 1931 collection!

By: Susan Turnley

Susan Turnley — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 03:51:18 +0000

Hello Margaret,
I’m so glad you are opening the door to the wonderful writing of Gladys Taber! Gladys wrote over 50 books and countless magazine articles, plus two long running columns in the Ladies Home Journal and Family Circle magazines. She first met Barbara at Wellesley College and thus began a long friendship, including the one book which they co-authored. Ed Shenton illustrated a half-dozen of Gladys’ books, and is largely thought to be the best of her illustrators. Although most of Gladys’ books are out of print, they can be bought for a song on ebay (just watch the scalpers who try to get too much for books which are widely available now.) Barbara Webster wrote several other books of the memoir/nonfiction genre, and she also wrote historical fiction for young teens. We have a group of about 400 fans of Gladys Taber who meet for a weekend once a year in a location where Gladys once lived . We are a hearty crowd and enjoy helping new fans to learn about her writing and her life.

By: Shelley Rogers

Shelley Rogers — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 02:33:57 +0000

Dear Margaret…

As one of your readers mentioned, Stillmeadow was saved and it is still the place of magic that Mrs. Taber wrote about all those many years ago.

The house remains in the family and Gladys’ own granddaughter calls Stillmeadow her home.

If you visit my site, there are fairly recent photos of Stillmeadow and even a few of Gladys Taber’s columns to read.

Very kindly,
Shelley Rogers

By: Danielle

Danielle — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 01:35:33 +0000

I have never heard of the Taber book, but it sounds interesting–just the sort I would like. I will have to look for it. Wasn’t that Waterloo scene long?! It seems he breaks up the action with these sorts of digressions, so be prepared for more, but things move quicker with Cosette in the story! And I am in the mood for a Heyer, too. I think I want to read The Reluctant Widow next.

By: bookworm

bookworm — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 15:33:11 +0000

Sounds like some great reads. I’ve always meant to read Les Miserables. Enjoy your reading

By: Roxane Stoner

Roxane Stoner — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 15:27:32 +0000

Hello Margaret,
I have found this website for you so you can rest assure that Stillmeadow has been saved. http://www.tpl.org/tier3_cd.cfm?content_item_id=8544&folder_id=1905
This book of letters sounds like a good read to me. Thank you as always for litterature adventures.

By: Audrey

Audrey — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 14:59:36 +0000

I loved reading Gladys Taber when they first start reprinting her books…but I wasn’t familiar with this one. For a while, I was reading and collecting a whole shelf of these gentle domestic books…now I want to read some of them again.

By: Ann (Table Talk)

Ann (Table Talk) — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 14:49:23 +0000

I don’t know about ‘Stillmeadow and Sugarbridge’ at all but it sounds exactly my sort of book. I love letters and journals, especially in the ase of the former where there is a real correspondence under way. I’m off to see if I can find a copy of this for late winter evening reading.

By: gautami tripathy

gautami tripathy — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 14:47:56 +0000

I have not read any Heyer book. I think I should check her out!

You make it sound so interesting!