THE SIMPLE LIFE
A WIND FROM THE SEA, by Gertrude Dempsey; A. H. and A. W. Reed; 12/6. ‘THis is a quiet and very restful book mostly about Paraparaumu beach from the days before it became a popular and crowded summer _holiday-place, The author and her family used to picnic there in the days of the vehicle known as the buggy. Later the cottage they had dreamed about became a reality and they used to visit it for week-ends and holidays in a car called Minnie. With this background the book naturally has the air of freshness and charm belonging to a story about a loved childhood home-on every page there are signs of the inimitable enthusiasm of the discoverer and the pioneer. Miss Dempsey is an unpretentious writer, but she manages unobtrusively to pack away a great deal of information about the natural life of the region-from snails to birds or jelly-fish or seaweeds-in her, accounts of holiday walks and pleasures. Some of her photographs are excellent; others might be better without the dating addition of a human figure. Anyone who has ever spent a happy summer holiday on any beach from Paekakatiki to Waikanae, or anyone who still has a heart for the simple joy of beachwalking. is recommended to read A
Wind from the Sea.
J.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 24, Issue 622, 1 June 1951, Page 13
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219THE SIMPLE LIFE New Zealand Listener, Volume 24, Issue 622, 1 June 1951, Page 13
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