BOOKS IN BRIEF
Books In Brief TOUCHED BY THE THORN, by Maura Laverty (Longmans, Green. $2.50). A heavy old-fashioned plot dulls the perceptive writing of promising Maura Laverty into a dreary story of simple...
...The book, despite the poor writing in it, has unpretentious charm...
...A simple, pleasant account of a young husband and wife's acquisition of a lighthouse off the Maine coast...
...A heavy old-fashioned plot dulls the perceptive writing of promising Maura Laverty into a dreary story of simple Irish life...
...Henry Holt...
...Excellent descriptions of the Irish countryside and one wonderful scene ("spinning the golden thread") are ample proof, though, of the ability Maura Laverty possesses...
...WINTER HARBOR, by Bernice Richmond...
Vol. 8 • January 1944 • No. 2
