![]() ![]() ![]() Bentley hate the church and the small towns they’re forced to endure, and this leads to the two of them hating each other. Bentley is learning to live as a devoted minister’s wife after letting go of her dream of playing piano in the capitals of Europe. ![]() Philip is a failed painter and a protestant minister, even though he doesn’t believe in god, and Mrs. The book starts with the Bentleys arriving in Horizon, the fourth such prairie town in 12 years for the couple. Bentley (her first name never appears in the book) is the writer of the diary entries, and her primary subject is her husband, Philip Bentley. The book is written as a series of diary entries over 13 months during the Depression. In an attempt to make himself a better Canadian, Craig MacBride is reading and reviewing the books that shaped this country.Īs For Me and My House, published in 1941, is a beautifully moody novel about weather and a terrible marriage. ![]()
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