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Currently reading Angle of Repose by Wallace Stegner, winner of the Pulitzer prize 1972.

“I do get some hint of her feelings from her Guilford letters,describing walks along the shore amid tempests of wind and rain, with a fire and a cup of tea and the sure affections of a sheltered house afterwards. Exposure followed by sanctuary was somehow part of Grandmother’s need, and it turned out to be the pattern of her life.”

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Highly recommended for those interested in travel writing, India, and pluviophiles. Alexander Frater was born in the middle of a monsoon on an island in the SW pacific before WW2. His physician father had to travel great distances by boat and necessarily developed an interest in meteorology for his job, an interest that he passed on to his son. While working for the Observer in London, the author’s interest in stormy weather was rekindled through a chance encounter, and he naturally he set off to chase the great spectacle of the monsoon from the southern coast of India to Cherrapunji, the wettest place on earth. It’s a fascinating and entertaining journey.

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Two favorite books about the monsoon: a coffee table book of gorgeous photos and a great travel memoir.

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A great novel and a pluviophile’s delight.

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The boundary of Fog

Photographed by Freddie Ardley

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