Love in the Country
By (Author) Rebecca Shaw
Orion Publishing Co
Orion (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd )
1st December 2009
29th October 2009
United Kingdom
General
Fiction
823.914
Paperback
288
Width 132mm, Height 196mm, Spine 22mm
249g
Friendship, a newcomer - and romance ... from the author of THE VILLAGE GREEN AFFAIR.
When Seb joins Barleybridge, the last thing on his mind is romance. Keen to settle into his first real job and make a good impression he embraces the working life of a country vet. He has almost forgotten his high maintenance ex-girlfriend Carly and concentrates on settling down to a job he really loves.Seb is to find that his expertise with animals and their owners leads to a friendship with the upper-class Jilly and rather more than that with Maggie whose family is heartbroken when he diagnoses their alpacas with TB. But when a surprise meeting in the Practice itself turns his world upside down...Rebecca Shaw mixes all the ingredients for a winning novel of village life - THE TIMES
Reading Shaw's latest is akin to relaxing with a hot buttered teacake and a good Audrey Hepburn film - gentle, reassuring pleasure - GOOD BOOK GUIDEFans of Shaw's delightful Tales of Turnham Malpas series will love this - GOOD HOUSKEEPINGShe is a very gifted storyteller, and that is quite an art - TELEGRAPH MAGAZINEEducated at a co-educational Quaker boarding school Rebecca Shaw went on to qualify as a teacher of deaf children. After her marriage, she spent the ensuing years enjoying bringing up her family. The departure of the last of her four children to university gave her the time to write the many novels which have gained her a legion of loyal fans. She lives in Dorset.