TANGYE, Derek - Lama - (Paperback)

A used book still in a good condition.  >>>  This has been a re-read of a favourite of mine. I discovered the writings of Derek Tangye via his wife Jean's book about her work at the Savoy in London. The couple's retirement from the rough and tumble of life in busy London to a cottage in Cornwall where they learned about growing flowers for the London markets instead.    -    What I enjoy about this author's writing in this book and also the others that belong to the life in Cornwall, is the picture of that life that is painted with words, and in this case also some photos.    -    Lama is an enchanting little cat who absolutely manages to captivate and convert Tangye from a non-cat person to becoming totally besotted.    -    It's good relaxing reading for the merry madness of the Christmas/New Year holiday break. Positive and fun it also provides relief from the more gruelling aspects of life in the modern global world we now inhabit. It's pre-internet and mobiles and notebooks and ipads and life is leisurely and people hold conversations face to face not on facebook or the other social networks that have become an essential in modern living.    -    It is great to live in the current era and enjoy the benefits, and the trials, of technoogy; but it's also not such a bad thing to reflect on times gone by and gain a sense of the 'slow' life and an ability to perhaps live in the moment.    (Kay Hart on Goodreads)   * Biography *