8 must-read classics books like The Bird in the Tree (Eliots of Damerosehay, #1) by Elizabeth Goudge

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The Bird in the Tree (Eliots of Damerosehay, #1)

By: Elizabeth Goudge

4.38

Format: None pages, Paperback

A Vibrant Novel About the Joys of Life ... and The Pangs of Love Love had come to David for the fir…

If you liked the classics plot in The Bird in the Tree (Eliots of Damerosehay, #1) by Elizabeth Goudge , here is a list of 8 books like this:

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1. A Severe Mercy: A Story of Faith, Tragedy, and Triumph

By: C.S. Lewis , Sheldon Vanauken

4.27

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

A heart-rending love story described by its author as “the spiritual autobiography of a love rather… read more

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"Death is no respecter of love."

-C.S. Lewis, A Severe Mercy: A Story of Faith, Tragedy, and Triumph

"Corruption is never compulsory."

-C.S. Lewis, A Severe Mercy: A Story of Faith, Tragedy, and Triumph

"Honesty is better than any easy comfort."

-C.S. Lewis, A Severe Mercy: A Story of Faith, Tragedy, and Triumph

"A longing for eternity is built-in to us all"

-C.S. Lewis, A Severe Mercy: A Story of Faith, Tragedy, and Triumph

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2. Pilgrim at Tinker Creek

By: Annie Dillard

4.08

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

An exhilarating meditation on nature and its seasons—a personal narrative highlighting one year's e… read more

Similar categories in Annie Dillard's Pilgrim at Tinker Creek book and Elizabeth Goudge's The Bird in the Tree (Eliots of Damerosehay, #1)

  • classics
"Innocence is a better world."

-Annie Dillard, Pilgrim at Tinker Creek

"The creatures I seek do not want to be seen."

-Annie Dillard, Pilgrim at Tinker Creek

"I never saw a tree that was no tree in particular."

-Annie Dillard, Pilgrim at Tinker Creek

"I am a fugitive and a vagabond, a sojourner seeking signs."

-Annie Dillard, Pilgrim at Tinker Creek

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3. Therese: A Life of Therese of Lisieux

By: Dorothy Day

3.99

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

...the fruit of much research and study on Dorothy's part, captures the heart of the message of Sai… read more

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"The vanity of Eve, that desire to exercise power, to seduce, to drag down!"

-Dorothy Day, Therese: A Life of Therese of Lisieux

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4. Hannah Coulter

By: Wendell Berry

4.38

Format: 190 pages, Paperback

Hannah Coulter is Wendell Berry's seventh novel and his first to employ the voice of a woman charac… read more

Similar categories in Wendell Berry's Hannah Coulter book and Elizabeth Goudge's The Bird in the Tree (Eliots of Damerosehay, #1)

  • classics
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"Time doesn't stop. Your life doesn't stop and wait until you get ready to start living it."

-Wendell Berry, Hannah Coulter

"And so I learned about grief, and about the absence and emptiness that for a long time make grief unforgettable."

-Wendell Berry, Hannah Coulter

"Living right on called for nothing out of the ordinary. We made no changes. We only accepted the changes as they came."

-Wendell Berry, Hannah Coulter

"Grandmam came back from that distance in time that separates grandmothers from their grandchildren and made herself a mother to me."

-Wendell Berry, Hannah Coulter

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5. Four Quartets

By: T.S. Eliot

3.67

Format: 230 pages, Paperback

The Four Quartets is a series of four poems by T.S. Eliot, published individually from 1936 to 1942… read more

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  • classics
  • fiction
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6. Are Women Human? Astute and Witty Essays on the Role of Women in Society

By: Dorothy L. Sayers , None

3.56

Format: 304 pages,

"One of the first women to graduate from Oxford University, Dorothy Sayers pursued her goals whethe… read more

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7. Gift from the Sea

By: Anne Morrow Lindbergh

3.86

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

In this inimitable, beloved classic--graceful, lucid and lyrical--Anne Morrow Lindbergh shares her … read more

Similar categories in Anne Morrow Lindbergh's Gift from the Sea book and Elizabeth Goudge's The Bird in the Tree (Eliots of Damerosehay, #1)

  • classics
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8. In This House of Brede

By: Rumer Godden

3.98

Format: 269 pages, Paperback

This extraordinarily sensitive and insightful portrait of religious life centers on Philippa Talbot… read more

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  • classics
  • fiction
  • historical fiction

9. Mistress Pat (Pat, #2)

By: L.M. Montgomery

4.27

Format: 24 pages, Paperback

When she was twenty, nearly everyone thought Patricia Gardiner ought to be having beaus--except of … read more

Similar categories in L.M. Montgomery's Mistress Pat (Pat, #2) book and Elizabeth Goudge's The Bird in the Tree (Eliots of Damerosehay, #1)

  • romance
  • classics
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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10. The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman

By: Ernest J. Gaines

2.00

Format: 88 pages,

"This is a novel in the guise of the tape-recorded recollections of a black woman who has lived 110… read more

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  • historical
  • classics
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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11. The Bird in the Tree (Eliots of Damerosehay, #1)

By: Elizabeth Goudge

4.38

Format: None pages, Paperback

A Vibrant Novel About the Joys of Life ... and The Pangs of Love Love had come to David for the fir… read more

Similar categories in Elizabeth Goudge's The Bird in the Tree (Eliots of Damerosehay, #1) book and Elizabeth Goudge's The Bird in the Tree (Eliots of Damerosehay, #1)

  • romance
  • christian fiction
  • classics
  • british literature
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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12. For the Children's Sake

By: Susan Schaeffer Macaulay

4.44

Format: 166 pages, Paperback

Every parent and teacher wants to give their children the best education possible. Everyone would l… read more

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"Pupils whose foundations have been deeply laid on books and things, using narration to lock their knowledge in place, and who learn not for marks and prizes but because learning is its own reward... …"

-Susan Schaeffer Macaulay, For the Children's Sake

"No parent/home/child/teacher/school has an all-round 100 percent wholeness. We all have limitations and problems. But I must never think it is all or nothing. Perhaps I'd like to live in the country,…"

-Susan Schaeffer Macaulay, For the Children's Sake

13. Mere Motherhood: Morning times, nursery rhymes, and my journey toward sanctification

By: Cindy Rollins

4.04

Format: 226 pages, Paperback

It was back in the 1980's when Cindy Rollins, then a new mom in search of the best ways to teach he… read more

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14. The Ghost Keeper

By: Natalie Morrill

3.74

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

Winner of the HarperCollins/UBC Prize for Best New Fiction, this powerful, sweeping novel set in Vi… read more

Similar categories in Natalie Morrill's The Ghost Keeper book and Elizabeth Goudge's The Bird in the Tree (Eliots of Damerosehay, #1)

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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15. Charis in the World of Wonders

By: Marly Youmans

3.99

Format: 331 pages, Paperback

"When I swung over that windowsill, everything changed for me. We are meant to go in and out of doo… read more

Similar categories in Marly Youmans's Charis in the World of Wonders book and Elizabeth Goudge's The Bird in the Tree (Eliots of Damerosehay, #1)

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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16. Beyond Mere Motherhood: Moms Are People Too

By: Cindy Rollins

4.75

Format: 266 pages, Paperback

Being a mom can sometimes feel like an overwhelming job with endless tasks and lofty, unattainable … read more

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"The truth is that all humans are always seeing something, paying attention to something, learning something. Perhaps, we are learning every sort of sexual innuendo known to man by watching endless re…"

-Cindy Rollins, Beyond Mere Motherhood: Moms Are People Too

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17. The Medieval Mind of C.S. Lewis: How Great Books Shaped a Great Mind

By: Jason M. Baxter

4.51

Format: None pages, Audio CD

C. S. Lewis had one of the great minds of the twentieth century. Many readers know Lewis as an auth… read more

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18. Modern Miss Mason

By: Leah Boden

4.30

Format: 218 pages, Kindle Edition

For every mother who desires to cultivate a lasting foundation of curiosity and wonder for her chil… read more

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19. Works of Mercy

By: Sally Thomas

4.45

Format: 264 pages, Paperback

Kirsty Sain, aging housekeeper for the newly arrived young priest, assumes that despite this person… read more

Similar categories in Sally Thomas's Works of Mercy book and Elizabeth Goudge's The Bird in the Tree (Eliots of Damerosehay, #1)

  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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20. Teatime Discipleship: Sharing Faith One Cup at a Time

By: Sally Clarkson

4.50

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

Cultivate Friendship, Feasting, and Fellowship As a mother, friend, and traveler, Sally Clarkson h… read more

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21. The Convivial Homeschool: Gospel Encouragement for Keeping Your Sanity While Living and Learning Alongside Your Kids

By: Mystie Winckler

4.70

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

Thirty daily readings to build up your confidence and cheerfulness as you homeschool. Homeschool… read more

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"It does not discredit our authority when we admit we are wrong and seek forgiveness. In fact, ignoring sin discredits our authority. When we repent before God and our children, we give them a categor…"

-Mystie Winckler, The Convivial Homeschool: Gospel Encouragement for Keeping Your Sanity While Living and Learning Alongside Your Kids

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Transform Your Habits

Hannah Coulter

Wendell Berry

4.38

Transform Your Habits

Four Quartets

T.S. Eliot

3.67

Transform Your Habits

In This House of Brede

Rumer Godden

3.98

Mistress Pat (Pat, #2)

L.M. Montgomery

4.27

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Transform Your Habits

Planet Narnia: The Seven Heavens in the Imagination of C.S. Lewis

Michael Ward

4.33

Transform Your Habits

A Preface to Paradise Lost

C.S. Lewis

4.27

Transform Your Habits

Phantastes

George MacDonald

3.48

Transform Your Habits

An Experiment in Criticism

C.S. Lewis

3.94

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