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Yesterday, I began reading author Sharell Cook's Henna for the Broken-Hearted (I bought my copy through Amazon, Sharell offers other options here - with it being a non-US publication, it's a little dicey to get a hard copy right now) Sharell, who writes the blog Diary of a White Indian Housewife, currently lives in Mumbai with her Indian husband. However, Sharell is from Australia and Henna for the Broken-Hearted is the story of how she ended up in India. We both belong to a few Pardesi groups that I affectionately refer to as my groups for "Brown Boys and the White Girls Who Love Them". For me, reading Sharell's account of how she came to settle in India is fascinating. And I thought it worth mentioning here.
As I've mentioned, this is Wedding Week at Rancid Raves (See Also: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3). My sister Maureen's wedding was SO much fun, that I knew a single post wouldn't capture it all. The wedding and reception was held at Williams House in Lawrence, Kansas. The house was simply gorgeous and held so much beauty, interest and charm. Also, the entire house was full of books - stacks of books adorned every table, dresser. Piles of books were in every room. I could have spent hours just sifting through the titles.
In particular, I fell in love with the library room:
My pictures do not do this room justice.
However, these shots will simply have to suffice when I build my Dream House and I hand these snaps over the architect so that he or she can recreate the entire damned thing.
Including the corner step-ladder, which will be a requirement in the Library Room of My Dreams.
Sniff.
Sniff.
5 comments:
That WILL be a room in my dream house one day, complete with a corner ladder and maybe one of those straight ones that runs along the top of the bookcases. Although if I'm going to do that, maybe I should stop buying Kindle books? Otherwise it will just be all that gorgeous shelving with a little stand for my kindle :)
What an amazing space! I could just imagine being cozy on the sofa with a fire going, cold weather outside and a cup of hot tea while reading. *sigh*
Dreams, dreams, dreams.
The only thing I would add is a small desk so that I could work in the room as well. I love a space filled with books.
BTW, I read so many of the books that pop up on your goodreads and they are always winners!
That book sounds good, I'm going to put it on my TBR list. Thanks for linking the author's blog, I'm going to check that out as well.
Rachel @chaosisafriend
I am burning up with jealousy over that library room. Let me NOT give it the evil eye! What an awesome space!
AH MAH GAH. That's pretty much my dream room, right there.
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