'It was odd that Harriet should always have been so fond of curates. They were so immature and always made the same kind of conversation. Now the Archdeacon was altogether different . . . 'Together yet alone, the Misses Bede occupy the central crossroads of parish life. Harriet, plump, elegant and jolly, likes nothing better than to make a fuss of new curates, secure in the knowledge that elderly Italian Count Ricardo Bianco will propose to her yet again this year. Belinda, meanwhile has harboured sober feelings of devotion towards Archdeacon Hochleve for thirty years.Then into their quiet, comfortable lives comes a famous librarian, Nathaniel Mold, and a bishop from Africa, Theodore Grote - who each take to calling on the sisters for rather more unsettling reasons.

It was a treat to read this gently funny and unique book about life in a small English country parish.

This book has been mailed to glade1 of Greensboro, North Carolina. I tagged her with this book in the wishlist tag game.

I hope you enjoy this book, glade1.

Received in the mail yesterday. Thanks for tagging me, tabby-cat-owner! And thanks for the cute kitty bookmark too! Not sure when this will resurface at the top of Mt. TBR but it is safe with me for now.

Nothing really happens in this book.... It is really just a slice of life, and rather a sad life at that, I think. A couple of spinster sisters and their relationships with the other inhabitants of their town, who seem mostly to also be women. It is well written, and has some nice passages, but I was not thrilled.

Thank you, tabby-cat-owner, for sharing this one with me!

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