I'm reading the perfect book for a slow Sunday, Elizabeth Goudge's The Herb of Grace (there's a snippet here).
After the darkness of Small Days and Nights (which was preceded by Kate Atkinson's Case Histories - a lot more humorous than Tishani Doshi's book but quite grim, nonetheless) I wanted an uplifting novel, and I have it here in the shape of the second volume of The Eliot Chronicles (I wrote about The Bird in the Tree, the first book in the series, last year).
There is much to be said for writing which celebrates good things and good people, and the restorative effect of a 'nice' book is not to be underestimated.
