I’m not sure how to
categorize Helen Humphreys' The Frozen Thames. Is it a collection of short stories? Creative non-fiction? Historical fiction? Each story is based the actual events that
occurred during each freezing of the river Thames .
Humphreys has created a
beautiful collection. Each story is like
poetry, lyrical, smooth and full of ice.
The poetic quality is why it took me so long to finish. The book could be a quick read, but with
poetry in general, I have to take a step back, so I had to do that after almost
every story. Of course, this is a
personal thing and I’m sure others could sit on a cold winter day, in a warm
chair with a cup of tea and read the entire book. The Frozen Thames
is simply lovely.
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