Hens Dancing [Import] [Unbound]

Raffaella Barker (Author)

Product Details

• Unbound
• Publisher: Random House (January 2001)
• ISBN-10: 0375506853
• ISBN-13: 978-0375506857
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Charming and funny, May 11, 2002

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Beverley Strong (Australia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Hens Dancing: A Novel (Paperback)

I loved this wonderful little book! It's a light read about a 35 year old mother of 3 children--one a baby--who has just gone through a divorce and is raising her children in a large,ramshackle house in the English countryside.Venetia is suffering from self doubt in a large measure but is actually a wonderful mother who puts her childrens interests first before fussing about a tidy house. I'd recommend this charming and amusing book to anyone but particularly to mothers of young children.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Essential Reading, June 19, 2001

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D. Stephens (Paris) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Hens Dancing: A Novel (Hardcover)

I just loved this book, I've read it at least six times since I bought it a year or so ago, and I currently have it with me, even though I am on the other side of the world from the major portion of my library. Venetia is so real and so normal, so are her children, not at all like so many of the 'made-up' people of popular fiction, and her mother reminds me so much of some of my elderly relatives. There is a hilarious sequel as well, called 'Summertime'. By the way, I don't think it's at all reminiscent of 'Bridget Jones'- Venetia is a rural rather than an urban character, she is a mother (although she's not necessarily any older than Bridget), and she's of a completely different type of background. Rafaella Barker was greatly influenced by the classic 'Diary of a Provincial Lady' (EM Delafield) in writing 'Hens Dancing', and I think she really has evoked the life of the same type of woman today.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Hens Dancing, December 2, 2004

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J. Horsley (Charlotte NC) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Hens Dancing: A Novel (Paperback)

I loved this book - almost a modern day Nancy Mitford style. Warm and amusing without bitterness. Great characters. I heartily reccommend it for those looking for a light read with a precise and edgy british writing style.