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The Village Show - Rebecca Shaw

 
Description: ISBN 0708941044 / Author: Rebecca Shaw / Genre: Fiction / The village show in Turnham Malpas should be a joyous occasion, but as the days go by, the organization of the show becomes more and more fraught with petty jealousies and difficulties. In the end, it is only Bianca's ... more
The Village Show - Rebecca Shaw ... efficiency which overcomes factors that have gone beyond people's control.

Newest Review: ... where 'token child' Flick Charter-Plackett remains unscathed throughout!!) The novel still manages to be as ... more

 ... interesting as usual, following the same pattern of readability as the previous ones. It begins fairly slowly, but I read the last hundred pages in one go, being unable to put it down. At only 287 pages, the whole book can easily be read in a few days. Although this one is based around the village show – as you might have guessed from the title! – it is more about the people of Turnham Malpas and their relationships. The beauty of having a whole host of characters in this situation means that various character...more

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Premium Review The Village Show - Rebecca Shaw: More Than Just The Village Show! (706 words)
by karenuk - written on 26/03/01 (Very useful, 27 readings)
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“The whole village will know by now. You’d better be careful. They’re not past stoning, you know. Quite mediaeval, they can be. If they don’t like what’s happening, something comes over them and they all band together. I’ve seen it, I know.” (p.126) This is how Sheila Bissett warns her thirty year old daughter, Louise, who has fallen in love with the very married rector, the young and handsome Peter Harris. Despite it being the 1990s, the village of Turnham Malpas seems somewhat caught in a timewarp. Although they have forgiven the rector’s previous dalliance with sexy single mum, Suzy, they are not prepared to let ...

 

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