alisonraereed's review
5.0
This might be my favorite Elizabeth books yet. Super funny and witty as always ... with a very modern voice. I can't believe that these aren't more well known.
lnatal's review
3.0
This is the story of Elizabeth travel records around Rugen, the largest German's island and a popular tourist destination.
During her walking's with her maid Gertrud, they met Elizabeth's cousin, Charlotte. According to some biographical data of the author, it seems that this character could have been her real cousin, Katherine Mansfield.
Elizabeth and Her German Garden and The Solitary Summer are the next books to read by this author, after have enjoyed so much her lovely book The Enchanted April.
During her walking's with her maid Gertrud, they met Elizabeth's cousin, Charlotte. According to some biographical data of the author, it seems that this character could have been her real cousin, Katherine Mansfield.
Elizabeth and Her German Garden and The Solitary Summer are the next books to read by this author, after have enjoyed so much her lovely book The Enchanted April.
emilymcmc's review
5.0
This is the lady equivalent of Starship Troopers: You can read a satiric commentary, or read a lovely and addicting travel narrative of Baltic resort life 100 years ago. Words are carefully, beautifully chosen (even the descriptions of scenery are interesting), and it's worth a look just to admire the casual precision of language and tone. Meanwhile, everyone in the book is so miserable. The women are furiously, silently frustrated with the social conventions that force them to do what they least want to; the men are oblivious and talk endlessly. It's a wildly fun read.
teresac's review
4.0
Funny and entertaining book, masked as a travel book where Elizabeth goes to a northern island to spend time alone but somehow ends up carrying on with an English mother and son, a cousin and her husband. She does try her best to inform the traveler, in the idle of trying to escape one or the other.
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