Helen Humphreys Poradie kníh (chronologicky)

«Presto avrò un nuovo cane. Nell'isolamento della mia vita di scrittrice si piazzerà accanto alla mia sedia, si sdraierà sul divano o mi costringerà a uscire per una passeggiata, e all'improvviso, pur nella mia solitudine, avrò un compagno.» Inizia così il viaggio di Helen Humphreys, che esplora il legame tra cani e umani, in particolare quello con gli scrittori. I cani, pur essendo animali domestici, mantengono la memoria della vita selvatica e sono, secondo Humphreys, individui unici con le loro peculiarità. Adattandosi a noi, ci costringono a fare lo stesso. Vivendo nel presente, senza rimpianti o dubbi, i cani ci insegnano a superare il dolore e i traumi. Le compagne canine di Humphreys, Hazel, Violet, Charlotte e Ivy, sono protagoniste di queste pagine toccanti, affiancate da ritratti di cani di scrittori del passato, come la meticcia di Virginia Woolf e il fox terrier di Thomas Hardy. Questo scritto è un sincero omaggio ai cani che arricchiscono le nostre vite, portando con sé gioia, dolore e caos. È un libro che celebra l'amicizia, l'arte, la creatività e il potere rigenerante della natura.

And A Dog called Fig is a study of how animals help writers deal with the challenges of the creative process, insterspersing the author's own experience with stories of other famous writers and their dogs

In Field Study, award-winning author Helen Humphreys returns to her brilliant illustrated meditations, this time to delve into the lost world of herbarium collections to examine where and how we look to find the solace of nature in a declining natural world.

A lonely boy in a prairie town befriends a local outsider in 1947 and then witnesses a shocking murder. Based on a true story. Canwood, Saskatchewan, 1947. Leonard Flint, a lonely boy in a small farming town befriends the local outsider, a man known as Rabbit Foot Bill. Bill doesn't talk much, but he allows Leonard to accompany him as he sets rabbit snares and to visit his small, secluded dwelling. Being with Bill is everything to young Leonard--an escape from school, bullies and a hard father. So his shock is absolute when he witnesses Bill commit a sudden violent act and loses him to prison. Fifteen years on, as a newly graduated doctor of psychiatry, Leonard arrives at the Weyburn Mental Hospital, both excited and intimidated by the massive institution known for its experimental LSD trials. To Leonard's great surprise, at the Weyburn he is reunited with Bill and soon becomes fixated on discovering what happened on that fateful day in 1947. Based on a true story, this page-turning novel from a master stylist examines the frailty and resilience of the human mind.

When Charles meets Victor Hugo, he is captivated by the writer and drawn into a world of intense emotions where the pen becomes a sword. However, their friendship is short-lived as Charles soon turns his attention to another person: Adele, Victor Hugo's wife.

Liebe in Zeiten des Krieges - ein verwilderter Landsitz, ein geheimer Garten und eine verbotene Liebe, die ihr Leben für immer verändern wird. England im Frühjahr 1941. Die junge Gartenarchitektin Gwen verlässt das kriegsgezeichnete London, um auf einem Landsitz in Devon Nutzpflanzen anzubauen. Keine leichte Aufgabe für die zurückhaltende Gwen. Auch als Vorgesetzte einer Gruppe junger Mädchen, die ihr bei diesem Projekt zur Seite stehen, tut sie sich schwer. Ihre Helferinnen sind mehr an den kanadischen Soldaten interessiert als an Gartenarbeit. Doch Gwen liebt das Anwesen, mit geradezu detektivischem Spürsinn streift sie durch die verwilderten Anlagen. Und entdeckt schließlich einen geheimen Garten, der ihr Leben für immer verändern wird.

Explores the search for identity and meaning, and captures the tension between the yearnings and the sexuality of the Victorian age. Annie arrives at a wealthy house to work as a maid. Used to the labour of servitude, she soon finds herself drawn into a world where dreams are possible.