There is no recipe for this dish. I chose a duck omelet because it was mentioned in the book: “Thank you for the eggs. A duck egg omelet can’t be surpassed.”
I am sure many people do not have duck eggs lying around their home; however, we have ducks and love their eggs! Duck eggs are more dense than a chicken egg. They are great for quiche and omelets, but you do have to be careful if you are substituting them for baked goods/breads because their yolks are much bigger than a chicken egg. This is a four egg omelet with spinach and cheese.
For the book…
I originally thought this was going to be a WWII book about children displacement (in England) during the war. Well, the time period is during WWII and you do get a feel for life during that time. However, the book is not about life during WWII. It is about the relationship between a child and a lady – a child who became separated from her mother during a bombing. Here is the book synopsis:
A woman. A war. The child who changed everything.
December 1940. As German bombs fall on Southampton, England during World War II, the city’s residents flee to the surrounding villages. In Upton village, amid the chaos, newly married Ellen Parr finds a girl asleep, unclaimed at the back of an empty bus. Little Pamela, it seems, is entirely alone.
Ellen has always believed she does not want children, but when she takes Pamela into her home, the child cracks open the past Ellen thought she had escaped and the future she and her husband Selwyn had dreamed for themselves. As the war rages on, love grows where it was least expected, surprising them all. But with the end of the fighting comes the realization that Pamela was never theirs to keep. Spanning the sweep of the twentieth century, We Must Be Brave explores the fierce love that we feel for our children and the power of that love to endure. Beyond distance, beyond time, beyond life itself.
Now, honestly, I struggled getting into this book. I wasn’t sure if I was going to like the book. Sometimes, I think it is not necessarily the book as it is just a busy time at work and home. Saying that, the development of the characters was just amazing. I literally felt like I knew the characters when I finished reading the book, like I wanted to sit down and have a “cuppa” with them. One thing, too, I kept thinking about is how community was so important! I feel this is getting lost today. I love going to my parents and knowing where people live because they are still in the same house 40 years later!
Last, it is exhausting reading a book with a lot of bad language or graphic sex scenes. That may not bother some people but it does me. It was actually great reading this book and not worrying about those two things.
So, if you need just a pleasant read, then give this book a try!
a letter by Frances Liardet (a must read)
