When traveling teachers come through the village, she might spend a few vegetables to get a lesson in geography or history but school is not a regularly scheduled part of her life. Tiffany Aching lives in a place called the Chalk and works on her family farm making butter and cheese. I am becoming convinced that instead of wasting time on theology and philosophy classes in college, I should have just read his novels. Yet, also as usual, Pratchett manages to make some very deep points about life and humanity while taking the reader on hilarious flights of fancy. As usual, Pratchett fills the story with many riotously funny characters and wild times abound. I love this one because the protagonist is a nine-year-old girl, a witch in the making, who is smart, practical and no-nonsense but still a child with much to learn. This was a delightful read, as Pratchett stories tend to be. In a discussion somewhere back in CBR14, someone mentioned Terry Pratchett’s Tiffany Aching series, which sounded fun, and I wish I could remember who brought it up (Narfna? EDIT: Yes! it was Narfna, just found it!) because I’d like to say thanks.
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