tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-137677673775151256.post2281803498250105297..comments2024-03-28T10:31:55.774-07:00Comments on The Passing Tramp: Hospitals Will Kill You: A Stitch in Time (1968), by Emma LathenThe Passing Tramphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09830680639601570152noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-137677673775151256.post-20597727661524423672020-08-27T13:43:47.875-07:002020-08-27T13:43:47.875-07:00Thanks. I read a book by "her" every fe...Thanks. I read a book by "her" every few months, always a nice read. Glad you liked the post.The Passing Tramphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09830680639601570152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-137677673775151256.post-87066113345988571102020-08-24T14:52:34.578-07:002020-08-24T14:52:34.578-07:00So sorry to hear about your mother. Thanks a lot o...So sorry to hear about your mother. Thanks a lot of this post—my late sister used to read Emma Lathen back in the 1970s, and I hadn’t thought of her in years. A very nice rediscovery. Bob Deckerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00829082842240635756noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-137677673775151256.post-13616574004526586782020-05-17T12:40:52.940-07:002020-05-17T12:40:52.940-07:00Thanks you so much, Yeah, I would have liked to h...Thanks you so much, Yeah, I would have liked to have dedicated this review to my Mom's cancer doctor, but that might have been going too far. He's supposed to be a great researcher, but I'm not impressed with him as a human being. And being a good human being makes you a better doctor, actually.<br /><br />Anyway, I've got another Lathen review in the hopper. I think she has become my most reviewed author on the blog!The Passing Tramphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09830680639601570152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-137677673775151256.post-19475165845184978602020-05-17T03:11:52.029-07:002020-05-17T03:11:52.029-07:00I admire the way you have stitched (yes deliberate...I admire the way you have stitched (yes deliberate) elements from your recent past and recent reading to make a compelling piece of writing, and of course I send all condolences and prayers in your loss. How sad that you felt let down by the doctors and others.<br />I read many Lathen books when they were new, and have been enjoying re-reading them, slowly but regularly. I will look forward to this one when I get to it!Clothes in Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00058207970686573597noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-137677673775151256.post-34964383206014632462020-05-10T20:57:13.232-07:002020-05-10T20:57:13.232-07:00Oh, I haven't read them all. I savor them. I...Oh, I haven't read them all. I savor them. I actually think I've probably reviewed her more than any other author on this blog though. I would think the Jane Austen tone is very deliberate on their part. I'm glad you, me and CP aren't the only ones who think so!The Passing Tramphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09830680639601570152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-137677673775151256.post-30573530890755764252020-05-08T18:22:50.231-07:002020-05-08T18:22:50.231-07:00I love that quote from Snow. Lathen's writing...I love that quote from Snow. Lathen's writing reminds me more of Austen's than any of the Austen imitators does. Wonder if the first half of their pen-name came from the Austen novel? I don't think I've read all the books in the Thatcher series. Were the contents of Miss Corsa's mysterious little box ever revealed?Martyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17570040930983242270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-137677673775151256.post-89887387296989587902020-05-07T20:05:44.007-07:002020-05-07T20:05:44.007-07:00Thanks. Somewhat it is. I'd like to say even ...Thanks. Somewhat it is. I'd like to say even more. The one doctor from three years ago was downright despicable. Just a terrible person, in terms of his personal treatment of people. Wish he could be sent back to the old Eastern Bloc.<br /><br />This was the last book I was read when my mother was still living. In a coma, but still living.The Passing Tramphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09830680639601570152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-137677673775151256.post-74968658357829763732020-05-07T20:03:32.781-07:002020-05-07T20:03:32.781-07:00Thank you, Ben. Great name for the old man, he al...Thank you, Ben. Great name for the old man, he also sounds like the murder victim in a Golden Age mystery. I read Murder to Go back in the 90s, should reread. I do like my Lathens.The Passing Tramphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09830680639601570152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-137677673775151256.post-34855561644678950182020-05-07T20:02:18.856-07:002020-05-07T20:02:18.856-07:00I'll have to read that one!I'll have to read that one!The Passing Tramphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09830680639601570152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-137677673775151256.post-40059262761896139662020-05-07T18:22:40.928-07:002020-05-07T18:22:40.928-07:00Great review essay. I hope writing it was somewhat...Great review essay. I hope writing it was somewhat cathartic.Christophehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01978885973806549838noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-137677673775151256.post-64038776069228438092020-05-07T14:51:52.943-07:002020-05-07T14:51:52.943-07:00I regret letting this much time go by, but I'm...I regret letting this much time go by, but I'm sorry about your mother. Hope you're recovering okay.<br /><br />"Pemberton Freebody" does sound like a name Jane Austen might use, so I can see where Snow is coming from. This is one Lathen novel I've not read yet, though I've read others. <i>Murder to Go</i> is an entertaining mystery set in the fast food world. The Thatcher series seems one of the linchpins of Silver Age mystery.Benhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06590397694589547524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-137677673775151256.post-49901773086169107832020-05-07T04:35:24.196-07:002020-05-07T04:35:24.196-07:00The Lathen duo certainly seem to have had it in fo...The Lathen duo certainly seem to have had it in for doctors - in the R. B. Dominic title "The Attending Physician" the medical profession in general comes off even worse than in ASIT.Jonathan Ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12653613829349599589noreply@blogger.com