The L-Shaped Room The L-Shaped Room The L-Shaped Room is a 1962 British drama film, directed by Bryan Forbes, which tells the story of a young French woman, unmarried and pregnant, who moves into a London boarding house, befriending a young man in the building. It stars Leslie Caron and Tom Bell. The work is considered part of the kitchen sink realism school of British drama. The film was adapted by Bryan Forbes from the novel by Lynne Reid Banks. Leslie Caron's performance won her the Golden Globe Award and BAFTA Award for best actress, and also earned her a nomination for the
Christian Reid the Rowan Public Library. The Confederate Monument in Salisbury was paid for partly from the money Fisher made from "The Land of the Sky". Christian Reid Frances Christine Fisher Tiernan (pen name, Christian Reid; July 5, 1846 – March 24, 1920) was an American author who wrote over 50 novels, most notably "The Land of the Sky". In 1870, Tiernan published her first novel, "Valerie Aylmer". In the following year, she published in "Appletons' Journal" a novel entitled "Morton House", a story of Southern life. Tiernan considered it to be her best work. In 1887, she married James M. Tiernan,