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| The Scent of Water: A Novel | 
 enlarge | Author: Elizabeth Goudge
Publisher: BookSurge Publishing
Category: Book
Buy New: $16.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (7 reviews)
Sales Rank: 326348
Languages: English (Unknown), English (Original Language), English (Published)
Media: Paperback
Pages: 260
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.8
Dimensions (in): 8.2 x 5.4 x 0.8
ISBN: 1419676199
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN: 9781419676192
ASIN: 1419676199
Publication Date: October 24, 2007
Release Date: October 24, 2007
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Product Description
Elizabeth Goudge (1900-1984) was a prolific British writer of romances, children's fantasies, and inspirational works. She won the Carnegie Award in 1947 for The Little White Horse, now known as J. K. Rowling's favorite children's book. Goudge is widely loved for her elegant prose, humorous insight into human personalities, and vivid descriptions of beauty.
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A Magical Story March 11, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Over a period of 20 years I have read and re-read this book many times. It meets the true test of a wonderful book because it never grows tiresome. Instead, each re-reading is a new entrance to a magical world that seems to transcend time. As I read the book, I almost forget who and where I am, entering into Miss Elizabeth's magical kingdom. I am never sure which character I identify with more, because I love almost everyone in the book. I seem somewhat unable to describe how her writing moves me out of the present reality into her own world of children and mental illness and groundedness, but it does so ever so enchantingly. As I move forward and back in time within the book, I too discover the scent of water and move out on living water.
Is this a book, or a long, lovely, poem, or both? December 21, 2006
12 out of 15 found this review helpful
It's hard to describe this lovely, enchanting book. It's one of my favorite books and I periodically reread it. It has lovely descriptions of Nature and is a story about the Most Sacred Mystery there is. Love, all kinds of Love. This is probably one of the most life-affirming books I have ever read.
This is one of those books you go deeply into and which becomes real to you. Indeed, while you are reading it, it is your reality! And what a truly Magickal reality is. This book weaves a Magick Spell. Pure Enchantment of the best kind.
So go to Appledore and like so many of us, become a citizen of this lovely town.
Ah...what Joy there is to be found in the pages of a really good book!!!
Still Waters Run Deep October 9, 2005
11 out of 12 found this review helpful
I concur with all of the reviews so far. This book has never failed to comfort and calm me; I have read it at least five times and learned new things each time. As in her other books, Miss Goudge blends past and present in a way that dispels loneliness. Her characters are delightful, her garden and interior descriptions beyond compare, and her capacity for understanding suffering and bringing it into the light of redemption a rare gift. If I meet a Goudge fan I know I've met a person who sees beneath the surface of things, into the heart.
Simply Wonderful March 30, 2002
10 out of 10 found this review helpful
Others have described the book quite well, so I won't elaborate further, except to say that this is without a doubt my favorite book. It is a wonderful story that kept me reading non-stop and taught me so many things about life. I am not a person who re-reads books, but this is one that I feel the need to read again on a regular basis. I wish this would be published again so I could share it with more people. Just reading the book felt like someone had given me a special gift.
Luminous, enchanting, quintessentially English July 19, 1999
28 out of 30 found this review helpful
This gentle and light-filled narrative, beginning with a death and ending with a birth in the tiny village of Appleshaw, weaves the enchanting story of the people in the village and their respective paths. Mary Lindsay, a handsome spinster, comes to Appleshaw to live the country life "before it and I disappear from the English scene." In discovering this life, she finds her capacities for maternity, love, friendship, and respect blossoming, along with a strong and sweet faith in a God she has forgotten. The other characters are as beautifully rendered as Mary herself. A book with deep roots in truth, whose unchanging message has made me stronger.
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