Miss Bishop by Bess Streeter AldrichJanuary isn’t over and yet I can tell you what will be one of my Top 10 Favorite Books of 2008. Miss Bishop.
Oak River, a town in 1876, offers nothing but promise to 16 year old Ella Bishop. She enters Midwestern College with a vision for her life. A plan she is sure will work out. She is positive, engaging, a delightful young woman full of vigor and joy.
The story travels from September of 1876 to June of 1933. Fifty-seven years of Ella Bishop’s life, 57 years of change for Oak River and Midwestern College. Fifty-seven years in which Ella Bishop’s plans are continually disrupted.
Published in 1933 this book is not as active as many novels are today; it moves at a pace from a past time. But it is full of it's own tension, challenges, pains and joys of a full life, lived well. Miss Bishop is a character study of a life lived in service to others, denial of selfish desires. Proof that one life can change so many others.
I'm sure I'm not doing the story justice.
There is a movie called Cheers for Miss Bishop that I discovered today. I've placed it on hold at the library. If it's worth watching I'll add a reveiw for that.
For now go and find Miss Bishop at your library!
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3 comments:
I like the cover of the book that you show. It does sound very interesting!
I love old-fashioned books! Thanks for the review, I'll check and see if my library has it on their shevles.
Sounds really interesting! The movie too.
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