Isabel Monteith
posts on 10/13/2011 10:52:49 PM
Hello Can anyone tell me how to contact the Estate of Norah Lofts ?
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Barbara Hoyland
posts on 10/1/2011 4:22:12 AM
Nice to see new/old lovers of Norah Lofts -and men too!
We'd love it if you would join us on the Norah Lofts site at Goodreads as well as here
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Ouma Fred
posts on 9/29/2011 1:56:19 PM
I first read Nora Loft's HOUSE AT OLD VINE while I was a junior high school student in 1991. The flow was nostalgic, and it held me in a grip. A very tight grip. The story, a triology was done in three pieces, and I scavanged the other two pieces in Nairobi bookshops fruitlessly. It's only recently that I landed on the last piece; THE HOUSE AT SUNSET from a second hand book seller. And once again, Nora held me in her grip. I am a fineartist, a poet, historian, and a writer. Every element of the arts I practice are scattered all over Nora's works, so it was inevitable that my writings had to lean towards history and social prejudices. I owe it to Nora. I am however frustrated that in my country Kenya, it's hard chancing on Nora Loft's masterpieces. All the same, she achieved one thing, a rare thing: ability to impulse a reader to read a piece of her work over and over for years. I rank her alongside Bessie Head as my literature godmothers.
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Robert L. Hughes
posts on 12/4/2010 8:56:48 PM
I can't believe I found this website. I have been a fan of Norah Lofts since I first read The Town House when I was in high school - we are talking 45 years ago! I have most of her novels and re-read them occasionally. Something I rarely do with any other author. I visit England about once a year and hope to got to Bury St. Edmunds during one of my trips.
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BarbaraH
posts on 11/18/2010 12:41:13 AM
Yes, I second Cassie's comment re Goodreads Gaylaan, I think you would enjoy that very much . There are two threads now , one called Fans of Norah Lofts and a newer , more unstuctured one called Norah Robinson Lofts . I don't think either one has talked very much about LAU, though it was certainly discussed a bit . There is also a Goodreads Neverending quiz with many NL questions on it which is quite fun too.
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Cassie
posts on 11/17/2010 11:01:16 PM
Goodreads is a good place for NL fans to discuss her books. Have you been there Gayalan?
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Gaylan DuBose
posts on 11/17/2010 10:16:51 PM
I was delighted to find this message board. The first of Norah Lofts' novels I read was "How Far to Bethlehem?". I, too, visited Mrs. Lofts in her home. The first time was in 1982. We had been corresponding for about two years at that time. Her butler, Ferguson, was there at that time -- a charming man. I visited her there again in the summer of 1983. That time she asked me what my favorite among her books was. I had to reply that it was and is "Lovers all Untrue." She said it was probably her favorite, too, but that it didn't sell very well. To me it is a masterpice of structure in the same way that Hawthorne's "The Scarlet Letter" is. I could go on and on about how wonderful I think she was as a person: we had martinis and cigarettes and lots of laughs togehter. And she was definitely one of the first feminist writers (I am male but I still see and appreciate this side of her work) and one of the best writers of any kind. Thanks for letting me share my memories.
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Barbara Hoyland
posts on 9/9/2010 9:47:42 PM
Hi Delores and Theresa - I do hope you will come over to Fans of Norah Loftson Goodreads. May I quote your visit Delores? as I know the goodreads folk would be fascinated
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Theresa
posts on 9/9/2010 3:05:39 PM
Dolores, we will have to re-christen you "Elizabeth Kentwoode"!
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Dolores Kennedy
posts on 9/9/2010 2:32:44 PM
I had the privilege of spending the day with Norah Lofts in her home at Bury St. Edmonds in the early 70s. It is, needless to say, one my most precious memories. I had been reading her books since I was a teen. We walked in her garden, were served roast beef and yorkshire pudding by her maid, and dined with Norah and her husband. She gifted me with a piece of glass from an aspersorium discovered at the local abbey during excavation and it has always been my prized possession.
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