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 A Country Affair - Rebecca Shaw
 A Country Affair - Rebecca Shaw ... receptionist. Turning round she can see the town which has now crept up the foothills making the practice the last bit of civilisation before the hills. The setting is idyllic. Kate quickly gets to know the other staff and becomes engrossed in the work and drawn into their lives and those of the animals and their owners. But Kate has a big decision to make. Should she give up her faithful boyfriend Adam and train as a vet or should she be content to work in the practice as a receptionist?Newest Review: ... to the elderly. This was shown in her previous novels, but the Turnham Malpas series seemed more ‘old’, with the ... more ... average age of characters rather younger in this new one. Kate lives with her father and his second wife, Mia. Kate’s boyfriend is Adam, a rather strange man, far too predictable, dull, boring and going nowhere fast. His predictability borders on obsession. What would happen if his behaviour suddenly tipped over that line? Shaw’s books are a mixture of styles really – the gentle village life of a Barbara Pym mixed with the characterisation of a Maeve Binchy, but with an added spice, a bit of soap...more |
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A Country Affair - Rebecca Shaw: Fancy An Affair? (537 words)
by - written on 19/07/01 (Very useful, 172 readings)
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Rebecca Shaw has written eight novels in a series set in a village called Turnham Malpas. I have read the first five of these so far (and written opinions on them!) and I’m planning to read the others too. But Shaw has now finished her Turnham Malpas series and has changed tack – from a quiet village based around the church and rectory to a more modern setting, centred round the Barleybridge Veterinary Practice. The main character in the first book of this new series – A Country Affair – is Kate Howard, a nineteen year old who begins a new job as a receptionist, while aspiring to become a trained vet one day. Shaw is ... Read the complete review
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