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Hubble Bubble - Christina Jones

Description: ISBN 0749934972 / Author: Christina Jones / Genre: Fiction / 'Hubble bubble, toil and trouble, Casserole burn and intrigues double...' ... more

Hubble Bubble - Christina Jones ... Mitzi Blessing is on the scrapheap: forced into a very early retirement, a lifetime of organising the church flower rota and making cricket teas seems to loom gloomily ahead of her. With her two daughters seemingly happily settled, Mitzi is determined not to dwindle quietly into serene old age and sets about organising and revitalising Hazy Hassocks, the small rural community she has lived in all her life. However, with the discovery of her grandmother's cookery book in the attic, life for Mitzi and her friends and family starts to get very interesting. Full of old-fashioned recipes with enchanting names like Wishes Come True Pie, Mischief Night Cake, and Powers of Persuasion Pudding - Granny's dishes provide a nourishing meal, but they also seem to have some very surprising side effects indeed.

Newest Review: ... and had to reconsider my options (not a lot!) However, the direction that Mitzi’s life takes sounds a lot more exciting than ... more

... my own (two part-time jobs and one of those in the Co-op). Firstly, she determines to join everything her village has to offer which, sadly, she discovers is precisely nothing. However, where there’s a will there’s a way, and soon Mitzi has stirred up the community to lift themselves out of their apathy and do something positive with their lives. Secondly, Mitzi discovers her granny’s old herbal cookbook in the attic, full of old-fashioned recipes with enchanting names like Mischief Night Cake and Powers of Pe...more

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Hubble Bubble - Christina Jones: A WISH COME TRUE! (887 words)
by - written on 18/10/07 (Very useful, 95 readings)
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Since I discovered Christina Jones earlier this year, I have gone on to read every single one of her books – including the last one (Heaven Sent) which is not due out in paperback until November, but I couldn’t wait so ordered the hardback edition from Amazon. There’s a particular theme in all Ms Jones’ books, and that is village life. Actually, make that quirky village life with some eccentric and endearing characters who pop up time and again in each successive book. This doesn’t mean that you have to read the books in order because each story can be enjoyed as a stand-alone read but it does mean cries of “Oh, goody!” when you meet up with a favourite ... Read the complete review