This charming novella by British playwright Alan Bennett explores a fictional world in which Queen Elizabeth II becomes—in her 80s—an increasingly sophisticated reader.
Her family and staff are not amused; she is late to events, which has never happened before, and she cares less about her clothing, willing to wear the same outfit more than once. She reads while being driven to events, her head bowed, her free hand waving to the crowds lined to see her. Furthermore, she departs from the usual script of her meetings, instead asking people what they’ve been reading, or if they’ve read a particular author. And—inevitably, Bennet would have us believe—she begins taking notes and putting down thoughts of her own. Read it for the Queen’s observations along with the plot!
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What I’m ReadingI began working in libraries as a seventh grader, courtesy of scoliosis. My orthopedic surgeon wrote me a pass to miss gym class, so I began working in the school library to feed my love of reading. Even after my surgery to correct the curvature, I kept getting out of gym to work in my high school library and then in my college library (for pay, at last!).
So began my eventual career as a college reference librarian—after a detour into teaching high school English. Later I worked for an educational publisher before going back to libraries.
I have a reading and writing life now. I devour both fiction and nonfiction, and will tell you about some of my favorite reads, both old friends and new discoveries.
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