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April 3, 2024

REVIEW: Dear Hugo by Molly Clavering

JayneB+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Reads1950s / epistolary / Historical / Scotland / slice of village life / Small-Town / Womens-Fiction6 Comments

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“When the time comes for you to retire, Hugo, if you want a quiet life, don’t settle down in the country. Bury yourself in London or any really large city, and you can live like a hermit, but avoid the outskirts of a village. I am dazed by the ceaseless ... more >

March 14, 2024

REVIEW: Miss Plum and Miss Penny by Dorothy Evelyn Smith

JayneB Reviews / Book Reviews1950s / British humor / dark humor / Historical / Historical fiction / self discovery / slice of village life / sly humor / Yorkshire3 Comments

“I do not anticipate for one moment that Miss Plum has been murdered, though I should have some slight sympathy with her assassin if she had.” Miss Penny is a middle-aged spinster living a cheerful, contented life, complete with perfect housekeeper, in an idyllic English village. Her romantic life consists ... more >

August 7, 2023

REVIEW: The Maid of Honour (updated) by Dinah Dean

JayneB+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Reads17th-century / cats / Charles-II / enemies to lovers / Historical / plague / Restoration / Restoration England / slice of village life / Woodham Book seriesComments Off on REVIEW: The Maid of Honour (updated) by Dinah Dean

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In 1666, plague and fire will pull them asunder. But love will overcome. In a privileged role as Maid of Honor to the Queen of England, Miss Mary Hook should be content, but her companions’ lack of morals makes her miserable. When the plague forces the Royal court to leave ... more >

April 20, 2023

REVIEW: The Baker’s Daughter by D.E. Stevenson

JayneB- Reviews / Book Reviews1930s / class differences / Historical / Historical fiction / Scotland / slice of village life / Small-Town2 Comments

Review This is – as one ought to say when one is in an art gallery – interesting. But despite the fact that there is a happy ending to the romance, it’s not all that romantic. No, it’s more a character study of a small Scottish village and some of ... more >

April 14, 2022

REVIEW: The Village Feasts: Stories of Food and Laughter (The Village Life) by Izzy Abrahmson

JayneB- Reviews / Book ReviewsEastern Europe / Historical / Holiday / Jewish characters / Jewish-faith / Passover / short stories / slice of village lifeComments Off on REVIEW: The Village Feasts: Stories of Food and Laughter (The Village Life) by Izzy Abrahmson

Delicious Passovers in The Village Life in The Village often revolves around food and families. THE VILLAGE FEASTS is the follow-up collection to WINTER BLESSINGS by National Jewish Book Award For Family Literature nominee Izzy Abrahmson. Rich with misadventures and ingenious solutions, the stories dance with a traditional feel around ... more >

February 28, 2022

REVIEW: A Village Romance: a novella of stories (The Village Life) by Izzy Abrahmson

JayneB+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended ReadsEastern Europe / Jewish characters / Jewish-faith / novella / short stories / slice of village lifeComments Off on REVIEW: A Village Romance: a novella of stories (The Village Life) by Izzy Abrahmson

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Courtship, weddings and celebrations, stories of Rosh Hashanah, Chanukah, and Passover, and of course delicious food. It is time for a new generation of readers to discover the unorthodox wisdom of Rabbi Kibbitz and the savory sense of Mrs. Chaipul. Izzy Abrahmson is an undiscovered genius of delightful fiction. Readers ... more >

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