Here's what she thinks about being a Catholic attending an Anglican service:īecause it was trinity Sunday we were treated to a rare old romp from Revelation all about the sardine stone, the rainbow round the throne, the sea of glass like unto crystal, and the four beasts full of eyes before and uncomfortably behind. Her wit, her intelligence, her ability to reason, and her clear-headedness under duress do not for an instant hide the fact that she is preteen with a fabulous imagination and the luck to be living in 1950 England, when children were given much more freedom than they are today. One of the best parts of The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley is getting to know Flavia de Luce. She is immediately on the case, racing to beat Inspector Hewitt to the solution and to find the murderer before the innocent go to jail or anyone else is killed. One night, the eleven-year-old almost literally stumbles across the dying body of a stranger in the back garden. Flavia de Luce, budding chemist with a penchant for mischief and poison, lives at Buckshaw with her father and sisters.
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