Helene Hanff

Jun 25, 2024 | readersdigest.in | James Hilton |Charlotte Brontë |Helene Hanff |Susanna Clarke

Goodbye Mr Chips By James Hilton, Hodder Paperbacks,  This slim novella tells the life story of an English boarding school teacher over several decades, including the world wars. Hilton brings to life the grand sweep of history, and the vanishing of eras, without budging from the location of a countryside school. Jane Eyre By Charlotte Bronte, Fingerprint! Publishing,  My comfort read. I go back to it again and again, especially when I am low or agitated.

Feb 13, 2024 | gwinnettforum.com | Raleigh Perry |Elliott Brack |Helene Hanff

YEARS AGO, MANY PEOPLE would sleep under hand-stitched quilts, in a variety of home made patterns. This quilt, still warm for sleeping, was made by Effie Collins Brack (GwinnettForum publisher’s mother). Every piece of decorative cloth was painstakingly cut, assembled and stitched by hand. For more on quilting in the older days, see Elliott Brack’s Perspective below.