In August, the large masses of berries, which, when in flower, had attracted many wild bees, gradually assumed their bright velvety crimson hue, and by their weight, again bent down and broke their tender limbs.” – Henry David Thoreau When the book opens Ellen’s husband offers to take their young son — who divides his time between both parents — on a camping trip to Wales. This frees her up to enjoy her summer vacation from her job as a theatre critic and on a whim, she books a trip to the south of France. August is ripening grain in the fields, vivid dahlias fling, huge tousled blossoms through gardens, and Joe Pye weed dusts the meadow purple.” – Jean Hersey August used to be a sad month for me. As the days went on, the thought of school starting weighed heavily upon my young frame.” – Henry Rollins Cheers for that Gav, "an expert on girls (and you know he would have pronounced it 'gals') and their feelings". I'm pretty sure that Miss O'Brien considered that this was a novel written for women, not gals and one can only speculate with lines like that, that this is a close as Gavin has ever gotten to being inside a woman, er inside the skin of a woman.

With the many places I’ve been to, I found that love, inspiration, and happiness are some things that bring people together. No matter how different we are on the outside, I’m a true believer that our emotions don’t lie; if you dig deep into our psyche, we’re all the same inside. the most exciting woman one could want to meet, but she is compelling, and a woman. And this novel is a serious and moving piece of work. Both deserve respect.August of another summer, and once again, I am drinking the sun, and the lilies again are spread across the water.” – Mary Oliver This was her next novel after The Country Girls Trilogy. Ellen, formerly of Ireland, lives in London and is divorced. She and her ex share a son who is eight years old. He mostly lives with Ellen but has weekends with his dad. Oh how I remember those times with my boys and my ex. That did not turn out well for us but things went worse for Ellen. This August, flaunt your style and make sure to inspire everyone with your looks and good books.” – Anonymous

Girl, of which she remains “very, very proud”, was similarly tiring. “I went to Nigeria twice – that was no fun and games. What was terrifying was to try and make a kind of mythic story from all this pain and horror. I spoke to a lot of people – escaped girls, their mothers and sisters, to trauma specialists, doctors and Unicef but then I had to honour the material and the feelings of those girls and their relatives while making it not a fable – there are no lies – but a kind of little myth and some people didn’t understand.” If O’Brien sounds weary it is because she has been here before, many, many times. Her first novel, The Country Girls, written in just three weeks in 1958 and published in 1960, saw her widely condemned in her native Ireland and, worse, damaged her relationship with her mother. “She was very ashamed of my books and made more ashamed by people in the village, and that barrier was always there.” Summer, the seasons between spring and autumn, comprising in the Northern Hemisphere the warmest months of the year: June, July, and August. The period of finest development, perfection, or beauty previous to any decline. The summer of life.” – Cecelia Ahern August was nearly over. The month of apples and falling stars, the last carefree month for the school children.” – Victor Nekrasov Inspirational Quotes for the Month of August The blurb for the book reads something like. . . failed marriage. . . sexual discovery. . . liaisons in France.

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How sociable the garden was. We ate and talked in the given light. The children put their toys on the grass. All the warm wakeful August night.” – Thom Gunn Great Quotes to Celebrate the Start of August

Edna O’Brien in April 1966, when she was being portrayed in the press as a party girl. Photograph: Evening Standard/Getty Images Edna O'Brien (whose latest earlier novel, "The Lonely Girl," was made into a film, "Girl With Green Eyes") writes with a simplicity that verges on the languid. There are occasional failures of style as in the title, Mid-way through the book the mood of frivolity and sexual abandonment comes to a screeching halt when something happens to remind Ellen that independence comes at a cost. Evocative and lyrical This is a terrific novel; it arouses sympathy and compassion like nobody's business. Miss O'Brien is an expert on girls and their feelings... No writer in English is so good at putting the reader inside the skin of a woman". pointless and so far away, are put aside. Thus, when it comes, her discovery of infection, from a single, sad experience during which she felt more nurse than lover, seems to her doubly deserved, just punishment for the loss of loss.

Great Quotes to Celebrate the Start of August

Ellen, like so many other women, is dissatisfied with her life. She has left her husband, taking their son with her. When he comes to take the boy on holiday, she makes her own to the south of France, spending her days in a haze of decadance and forgetfulness. So, make sure to keep it close to your heart by reading through the most inspirational August quotes below. On holiday, everything is new and strange. She has sex on the brain and flirts with almost every male she sees, including the man sitting beside her on the plane. But her judgement is skewed and her choices are poor. Nothing really works out as she would like.