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blaithinr 's review for:
At Home: A Short History of Private Life
by Bill Bryson
i liked this book, especially the second half i found very enjoyable and learned a lot.
did not appreciate how the author portrayed the irish potato famine, he explained that the irish were actually producing enough other food to survive but failed to mention the fact that british landlords were refusing to sell to irish people and instead exporting overseas, when omitting this fact it sounded as though he was implying that irish people were not capable of sharing food with each other. i might just be prejudiced but i think this is a very important part of the famine and weird to not mention.
particularly found the chapters on the bedroom, bathroom, scullery and nursery to be very interesting.
did not appreciate how the author portrayed the irish potato famine, he explained that the irish were actually producing enough other food to survive but failed to mention the fact that british landlords were refusing to sell to irish people and instead exporting overseas, when omitting this fact it sounded as though he was implying that irish people were not capable of sharing food with each other. i might just be prejudiced but i think this is a very important part of the famine and weird to not mention.
particularly found the chapters on the bedroom, bathroom, scullery and nursery to be very interesting.