Hens Dancing: A Novel
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Book Description:
Hilarity and tenderness abound in this novel narrated in pages torn from the diary of one Venetia Summers, a thirty-something divorced mother of three who resides in rural England and is owner of, among other things, controlling shares in her ex-husband's pet mortuary and numerous pairs of oddly colored Wellingtons.
While Venetia's life may not be as glamorous as the one she left behind in the city ten years ago, it certainly isn't dull. She has two exuberant young boys and one splendid baby girl; known simply as The Beauty to feed and outfit and keep happy. Other responsibilities include upkeep of a lovely but ramshackle old house, complete with a garden growing with wild abandon, and the care of a variety of bloomered bantam hens. Then there's her mother, sometimes helpful and supportive but more often busy tossing back vodka and smoking cigarettes; a rather cute but presumptuous bathroom contractor and his oversexed Labrador; and various other friends, relations and country characters who dart in and out of Venetia's life, wreaking havoc along the way.
Fortunately for her, Venetia is the sort who can find beauty in the surrounding mayhem, and fortunately for us, she records it all with wry wit and great verve, sharing the joys and sometimes dubious pleasures of raising a family in the English countryside.
Hilarity and tenderness abound in this novel narrated in pages torn from the diary of one Venetia Summers, a thirty-something divorced mother of three who resides in rural England and is owner of, among other things, controlling shares in her ex-husband's pet mortuary and numerous pairs of oddly colored Wellingtons.
While Venetia's life may not be as glamorous as the one she left behind in the city ten years ago, it certainly isn't dull. She has two exuberant young boys and one splendid baby girl; known simply as The Beauty to feed and outfit and keep happy. Other responsibilities include upkeep of a lovely but ramshackle old house, complete with a garden growing with wild abandon, and the care of a variety of bloomered bantam hens. Then there's her mother, sometimes helpful and supportive but more often busy tossing back vodka and smoking cigarettes; a rather cute but presumptuous bathroom contractor and his oversexed Labrador; and various other friends, relations and country characters who dart in and out of Venetia's life, wreaking havoc along the way.
Fortunately for her, Venetia is the sort who can find beauty in the surrounding mayhem, and fortunately for us, she records it all with wry wit and great verve, sharing the joys and sometimes dubious pleasures of raising a family in the English countryside.
Journal Entry 2 by JennyC1230 at SoHo Bagel - Towne Lake Parkway in Woodstock, Georgia USA on Saturday, August 1, 2009
Released 14 yrs ago (8/1/2009 UTC) at SoHo Bagel - Towne Lake Parkway in Woodstock, Georgia USA
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Left on the bookshelf when picking up some bagels for breakfast. Enjoy the book!
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Left on the bookshelf when picking up some bagels for breakfast. Enjoy the book!
picked up at soho this morning when grabbing a bagel and dropping off some books on the shelves before i ran my other far less exciting errands. have already begun reading and enjoying this one so it won't be long before it finds itself on the move again.
Journal Entry 4 by tempestsans at Controlled Release, A Bookcrossing member -- Controlled Releases on Sunday, August 23, 2009
Released 14 yrs ago (8/23/2009 UTC) at Controlled Release, A Bookcrossing member -- Controlled Releases
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handed off to a non-bookcrossing friend to enjoy
handed off to a non-bookcrossing friend to enjoy
Kind of a different sort of book. Some of the items referred to by this author who lives in England were new to me... and I didn't know what they were... but enjoyable, especially toward the end.