Jane Christmas Knihy

Surely touring Italy is the best way of sorting out your relationship with your mother?

When Colin asks Jane to marry him she joyfully accepts - but then asks him if he would mind waiting for a few months, maybe a year and a half, as she has always wondered if God was calling her to be a nun. Over the course of 18 months, in 2011-2012, she tests out this vocation in a series of religious houses, and we follow her journey and her wonderings. The religious houses she spends time in are based initially in Canada, but then on the Isle of Wight and finally North Yorkshire, and she meets a range of well-realised characters en route, finding both godliness and narrow minded prejudice and inhumanity in all places. What is God calling her to do? Superbly written, very funny, very evocative and very feisty.

Moving house has never flustered author Jane Christmas. She loves houses: viewing them, negotiating their price, dreaming up interior plans, hiring tradespeople to do the work and overseeing renovations. She loves houses so much that she's moved thirty-two times. There are good reasons for her latest house move, but after viewing sixty homes, Jane and her husband succumb to the emotional fatigue of an overheated English housing market and buy a wreck in the town of Bristol that is overpriced, will require more money to renovate than they have and that neither of them particularly like. As Jane's nightmare renovation begins, her mind returns to the Canadian homes where she grew up with parents who moved and renovated constantly around the Toronto area. Suddenly, the protective seal is blown off Jane's memory of a strict and peripatetic childhood and its ancillary damage--lost friends, divorces, suicide attempts--and the past threatens to shake the foundations of her marriage. This latest renovation dredges a deeper current of memory, causing Jane to question whether in renovating a house she is in fact attempting to renovate her past. With humour and irreverence, Open House reveals that what we think we gain by constantly moving house actually obscures the precious and vital parts of our lives that we leave behind. This is a memoir that will appeal to anyone whose pulse quickens at the mere mention of real estate.

The book is a facsimile reprint of an original antiquarian work, preserving its historical significance despite potential imperfections like marks and flawed pages. It aims to protect and promote cultural literature by providing an affordable, high-quality edition that remains true to the original text. This commitment reflects the importance of maintaining access to classic works for contemporary readers.

Christmas with the Poets is a collection of songs, carols, and verses compiled by H. Vizetelly. The book celebrates the Christmas holiday season and features a range of works by various poets, both famous and lesser-known. It is a heartwarming and festive collection that is perfect for anyone looking to get into the holiday spirit.

Als Jane Christmas ihre dickköpfige Mama nach Italien einlädt, ahnt sie nicht, worauf sie sich einlässt. Was gibt es Besseres als eine gemeinsame Reise, um sich endlich einmal richtig auszusprechen? Sechs Wochen lang werden die beiden Apulien, Sizilien und die Amalfiküste, Rom, die Toskana und Venedig erkunden. Doch Valeria ist schon lange nicht mehr so rüstig, wie sie ihre Tochter glauben machen möchte – und so gehören Arthrose, Schwerhörigkeit und Blasenschwäche zu den ständigen Reisebegleitern …