![]() She has mixed e more Unanswered Questions (1) I'm finding this a difficult read, with only 100 pages left. While some islanders have gone over to the technological dark side and carry around mysterious tablet devices, there is still a certain book-bosomed populace that goes delirious at the prospect of tables piled with deliciously affordable packets of paper, neatly bound. Kim Hazel is unhappy, stuck in a marriage, stuck in a town she doesn't like, stuck in a job that isn't what she wants to do with her life. ![]() It has some modern use (though not enough to be entered into our dictionaries): Sir Walter Scott, “The Lay of the Last Minstrel,” 1805 In other words, like many of us, Hazel is unsure of what she wants. Hazel Greenlee splashes onto the literary scene as a complex, unique, gutsy, scared yet brave woman who lacks confidence but seizes opportunities as they present themselves. ![]() ![]() The sense of bosom in play here is the verb meaning "to enclose or carry in the bosom."Īway in speed Lord Cranstoun rode / The Goblin-Page behind abode / His lord's command he ne'er withstood, / Though small his pleasure to do good, / As the corslet off he took, / The dwarf espied the mighty Book! / Much he marveled a knight of pride, / Like a book-bosomed priest should ride: / He thought not to search or stanch the wound, / Until the secret he had found. Hannah Morrisseys HELLO, TRANSCRIBER is a spectacular debut. This word, apparently coined by Sir Walter Scott, is said to mean "carrying a book at all times." If you love books, certainly you've been book-bosomed at times in your life. ![]()
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