Elfrida Swann, known to everyone as Freddie, is about to marry Alex. Preparations for the great day - service at Westminster, reception at Claridges - are on schedule; the bridesmaids' bouquets made up; the cake decorated. Then Freddie decides that she cannot go through with it. Unable to face the indignation and fury of Alex, her parents, or anyone else, she flees to a friend's cottage in Dorset. At first sight its state of dilapidation is so extreme that Freddie decides she cannot possibly stay there. But she has reckoned without the attentions of Guy Gilderoy; the culinary delights of the Rector and his wife; a family of neglected children; and the primitive and secret shrines she finds in her garden. In her attempts to make sense of her new life, Freddie discovers much about herself that is surprising as the ghosts of her childhood are laid to rest.
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Victoria Clayton published two children's books when in her early twenties. She then read English at Cambridge as a mature student, married and had two children before returning to writing fiction. Her previous novels, Running Wild, Dance With Me, Out of Love and Past Mischief, shortlisted for the Romantic Novel of the Year Award 1999, are all available in Orion Paperback.
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Great weekend read,
By Trenterelli (Scottsdale, AZ) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Running Wild (Paperback)
I just finished this book and I found it to be extremely literate Brit chic lit. Good heroine, interesting secondary characters (orphans, witches, drunk doctors, fascists, just to name a few), and great sense of place. Good laugh out loud moments too.
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I came across this novel in a bookshop one day and once I started reading, I could not put the book down.The characters are most amusing,with many layers of their personalites.I recomend this book as a wonderful read and love all of Victoria Clayton's works
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Great writer,
By JustMe (California, USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Running Wild (Paperback)
I thoroughly enjoyed this book. It's like traveling to the English countryside and making new friends. Victoria Clayton is a great writer, and her books tend to be more 'intelligent' than those of other writers of the same genre.
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