Notes from a Small Island by Bill Bryson

Cringe in a nice way Bill.Įnjoyable, if you grew up in England through the 70's and 80's a lot of this will hit home.

Yep remember those well.ĭid you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?Ĭringe maybe, as I have memories like these myself. Cold wind Swept port towns dark and closed. He does the same here about the English.īacon and Eggs, early morning rain and cold. I am English by birth but now an Australian, I learned more about Australian history from Bill reading Down Under than others as he seems to pick those stories that is well, just darn more interesting. Well it has to be Down Under by Bill Bryson too. What other book might you compare Notes From a Small Island to and why? Yes, in a book like this is better than printed. Would you consider the audio edition of Notes From a Small Island to be better than the print version? The result is a social commentary that conveys the true glory of Britain. With wit and irreverence, Bill Bryson presents the ludicrous and the endearing in equal measure. His aim was to take stock of modern-day Britain, and to analyze what he loved so much about a country that had produced Marmite, zebra crossings, and place names like Farleigh Wallop, Titsey, and Shellow Bowells. But before leaving his much-loved home in North Yorkshire, Bryson insisted on taking one last trip around Britain, a sort of valedictory tour of the green and kindly island that had so long been his home. It was thus clear to him that his people needed him. This was partly to let his wife and kids experience life in Bryson's homeland, and partly because he had read that 3.7 million Americans believed that they had been abducted by aliens at one time or another. After nearly two decades in Britain, Bill Bryson, the acclaimed author of such best sellers as The Mother Tongue and Made in America, decided it was time to move back to the United States for a while.

Notes from a Small Island by Bill Bryson