I really wanted to like this book. My husband played a portion for me when he was listening to it, so I thought I'd give it a whirl. I was looking for entertainment, but aside from a few laughs, I was disappointed. I found the flow very disjointed. I kept asking myself "what does this (pick a...
NYTimes reporter Sarah Lyall married an Englishman and moved to London in the mid-nineties. Since then, she's faithfully written down her close-range observations of her adopted country. The result is this book. I first heard about it when a friend and I made a pilgrimage to Politics and Prose in...
I thought this book was OK. I couldn't help but think that she doesn't like the English. Things that I see as a positive, shops closed on Sundays, the trains, and yes, even the food, she sees as a negative. I've spent a lot of my life in England, both as a visitor and a resident, and my experienc...