The Big G keeps me up to the mark, culture-wise, by giving me reports over the phone on the TV, films and books she has recently been enjoying.
Last week there were 2 phone conversations in one day about this.
Big G is loving this to bits, not least as it name checks lots of places in the Cotswolds near where the G lives.
I was sufficiently stirred to see if our local library had it. The computer said yes.
So I popped in there to pick it up.
Biography section: no sign
Author section: no sign
Returns: no sign
I consult a librarian.
We start again.
Computer says yes.
Biography section: no sign
Author section: no sign
Returns: no sign
The first librarian consults a second librarian.
This is turning into a Serious Library Crisis.
The computer is consulted again..
At this point another library user approaches and helpfully points out that there appears to be a fire and smoke just outside the library window..
I can see the librarians are longing to run out of the building or at least check what is going on.
I stand firm.
I will not be defeated.
There is the honour of the House of Blighty at stake: Grandma W will not accept a mere fire as a valid excuse for failure to get the book..
Finally another librarian gets involved and remembers she has seen the book.
Hidden away historical section I did not know existed: there it is!
The moral of the story: Grandma W can cause a stir.
Even when she is not there.
Also, if you are a bored teen, don't smoke under the library window.
Some of us want our books found...
You might like this link about Patrick Leigh Fermor.
And yes Big G, I did get a copy with the photos in..
