Three years after the epidemic, how did you spend that anxious time?
Some people take this time to study cooking and baking at home to upgrade their cooking skills. Some people hunt for knowledge outside their own professional scope, so that they can master one more skill. The so-called skill is not overwhelming; Some people soar in the sea of books like bookworms, absorb nutrition knowledge and sublimate their hearts.
It is said that one of us has to be on the road when studying or traveling. Where the footsteps can't reach, words can take you; Where the eyes can't see, you can feel the charm from books.
reading is a journey about the soul.
Speaking of reading, I think of the best-selling book The Last Bookstore in London.
As a coincidence, when a young girl Grace worked as a clerk in a bookstore, she was influenced by the pilot George and embarked on the road of reading. During the Blitzkrieg, Grace nourished herself and gave herself strength through reading, but at the same time, she also constantly influenced and helped people to survive the war-torn times and gained her love and career.
As soon as this book was published, it quickly ranked No.1 in The New York Times bestseller list, and its wonderful and soul-hitting story touched millions of readers.
11 Reading is a habit that gives people spiritual strength
Madeleine? Martin is a writer of historical novels and a bestseller of USA-Today and The New York Times.
She spent most of her childhood in a military camp in Germany. Therefore, she has her own unique perspective on war. She has always wanted to write novels with the theme of World War II.
In The Last Bookstore in London, the author focused on Grace. During World War II, Grace saved people's lives as an air raid defense inspector at night, and during the day, she became a reader to save people's souls.
reading is a habit of people, and it still can't stop people's enthusiasm for reading during the war.
Partono? Luo Street is a busy street, which is very popular with people. There are bookstores on both sides of the street. Even when the war started, even if the lights were turned off, people still came here to queue up to buy books, because people could not do without reading and the company of books, especially when the war was raging, especially the long night spent in every subway station.
Only reading can calm the mind. Search for that ray of light in the ocean of words, put the emotions at a loss, heal the inner wounds, temporarily forget the pain, bid farewell to sadness and spend the dark time.
Partono Astor? Luo Street was attacked, and the whole street was ablaze. The raging fire turned the square into a purgatory on earth. Under the action of fire and wind, millions of books fluttered around, burning more and more brightly, and one book turned to ashes in an instant.
As an air raid defense inspector, Grace is unable to save books under the fierce fire, and her inner pain and despair are unspeakable.
Later, the Primrose Hill Bookstore was attacked, and Grace thought that the reading club was going to be dissolved. Unexpectedly, the members of the reading club felt that they had received grace's help and took the initiative to repair the Primrose Hill Bookstore.
Of course, more importantly, Primrose Hill is the last bookstore in London. Anyway, they don't want to give up this bookstore.
Book club friends, friends who came together because of reading, not only helped Grace to keep the Primrose Hill Bookstore, but also helped London to keep the last bookstore, which not only helped themselves, but also helped millions of readers in Qian Qian to keep the bookstore.
12 Encounter a romantic story related to reading
Some people say that love is not sweet talk under the shadow of flowers, nor is it a moonlight, nor is it a tender tear, nor is it a strong control. Love is based on the same interests and hobbies, and the three popular words are: I know you!
There is a romantic love story about Primrose Hill Bookstore.
In Primrose Hill, a man and a woman were reading back to back against a big tree. Later, it was discovered that they were reading the same book and the same reading hobby, which brought them closer to each other in an instant.
After they got together, they opened a bookstore in the name of love, and named it after the place where they first met, from which Primrose Hill Bookstore came.
a beautiful encounter makes a love, and a beautiful love story makes people feel the beauty of love and the tenderness brought by books.
Grace's first meeting with George, the pilot, was dramatic.
Grace, who doesn't like reading, works in a bookstore, which is a challenging job in itself. What's more, the books in Primrose Hill Bookstore are arranged in disorder, which has nothing to do with cleanliness and neatness. In this way, the work is challenging to a higher level.
At first, Grace was nervous because she was not familiar with books and bookstores. However, the world is so interesting, and the more I worry about it, the more it comes as scheduled.
When Evans went out for coffee, the customer needed a copy of Black Eyes. For this book, Grace had no idea where to put it on the shelf, so she had to bite the bullet and look for it. At this time, George offered to help, found books for customers, and eliminated Grace's embarrassment.
At that time, he was a frequent visitor to the bookstore, and she was a novice in the bookstore. When she knew that she wanted to sort out books, they would study and discuss them together.
George recommended one of his favorite classic books, The Count of Monte Cristo, to Grace, and started her reading journey from this book. After the war began, George joined the army.
After that, they wrote letters frequently, in which they talked about life and literary works. Unconsciously, the two hearts are closely linked, and the seeds of love have already taken root and sprouted in their hearts.
After the war, George went back to Primrose Hill Bookstore to see Grace, and they embraced happily.
With books as the link, it is romantic and beautiful to vibrate at the same frequency on the spiritual level, which is an in-depth communication of the soul.
the reason why love is infinitely desirable is that love itself is full of romance.
13 There is a feeling that affection is not better than affection
Mrs. Weatherford is a good friend of Grace's mother. After her husband died in World War I, she lived alone with her son Colin. Grace and her good friend Viv went to London from Drayton, and they stayed at Mrs. Weatherford's house.
Mrs. Weatherford is a warm and diligent person. She cooks delicious food for children in different ways, and likes to keep her house tidy. Even the air in her house has a faint smell of soap.
Of course, these beauties were before the war.
When the war broke out, after Colin joined the army, especially after knowing that Colin was killed, Mrs. Weatherford was a completely different person, depressed, and the whole person lost her old look. She didn't clean the house, didn't pick up the letters scattered on the ground, didn't go to the service team to help, and even refused to go to the subway station to escape the air raid.
No matter how much Grace tries to persuade, Mrs. Weatherford won't listen. She thinks everything doesn't matter, and everything is meaningless.
Until one day, Grace found a boy in shabby clothes, sitting in the last row of the reader's meeting every day, quietly listening to her reading, and then leaving first. Grace said to Mrs. Weatherford, I feel that the boy needs your help. Although Mrs. Weatherford didn't speak, her eyes flashed an imperceptible light.
Sure enough, the next day, Mrs. Weatherford baked bread and took it to the reading club in Primrose Hill Bookstore. When she learned that this boy named Jimmy and his sister were living together, a sense of compassion came to her.
Mrs. Weatherford began to be busy again. She went to the service team to help orphans make clothes, baked cakes every day and sent them to a book club, invited two children to spend Christmas at home, and finally adopted two children.
Mrs. Weatherford transferred her mother's deep affection for her children to her two children.
Evans has this feeling, too. Her daughter is very similar to Grace, and her age is similar. Unfortunately, a few years ago, the mother and daughter left in a car accident. Evans's life is eclipsed, and he is not interested in anything, including the management of Primrose Hill Bookstore. He only likes reading in the bookstore.
Grace has just appeared in the bookstore. He has a bad attitude towards Grace and even said that he doesn't need a clerk. What Grace does, including sorting out classified books, promoting bookstores, giving coupons, holding reading parties, and even buying new books, etc., he always silently supports Grace and believes that she can do well.
Evans, an old father, fully affirmed Grace's ability and gave his bookstore, apartment and property under his name to Grace through a lawyer.
Mrs. Weatherford and Evans are both people who have experienced the cruel war and the grief of parting between life and death. They take care of those who need more care and try their best to make children who have witnessed the war live better.
compassionate love, deep affection.
it's not family, but it's better than family.
Written at the end
Mao Mu said that reading is a refuge that you can carry with you, and forming the habit of reading is equivalent to building a refuge for yourself, which can almost avoid all the disasters in your life.
Although reading can't directly help you solve the problems in your life, it can make you more calm, more calm, more rational and have the courage to treat life, instead of being a loser or an evader in life.
A single spark can start a prairie fire. As long as you have love in your heart and desire in your heart, then read, merge the small flame in your heart into a beam of light, break the darkness, eliminate the fear, forget the sorrow and go to the light.