A heart warming read.
Ever wondered what it would be like to spend a year at Oxford? All the tradition, the old world atmosphere, the academia, the social life, and the plain hard work? Carolyn Weber, a young American woman, tells of her experience when she went to Oxford for a year, and Surprised by Oxford Is an excellent title for her story. The book is full of the expected for Oxford, but also many surprises.
I loved the book, Carolyn is very frank about her expectations, disappointments and joys. It was like sitting on her windowsill, watching her life go by and I was sorry when the book finished. She had become like a good friend. I found myself urging her on, holding her back, laughing, crying and experiencing all that Oxford is as if I were there with her.
I’m sure almost anyone would enjoy this book whether they had an academic bent or not. Carolyn certainly found more than a doctorate there and one can’t help but be richer from reading about her discoveries.
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