Scandal in the Village (Storysound) [Audiobook] [Audio Cassette]

Rebecca Shaw (Author), Tanya Myers (Narrator)

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Publication Date: January 2002 | Series: Storysound

When Jimbo asks his mother, Katherine, to come and live near him in Turnham Malpas, his kindness has rather more repercussions than he anticipated. Before long Katherine is organising the harvest festival display, and causes uproar with her high-handed ways. But Katherine goes too far when she petitions to rid the village of some of its residents. Only Peter, the rector, can control Katherine's more outrageous actions. Finding it hard to resist his natural charm and diplomacy she gradually begins to mellow as the village works its magic on her...

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Rebecca Shaw qualified as a teacher of deaf children before raising a family. With the departure of the last of her four children she turned to writing. She lives in Dorset. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Audio Cassette
• Publisher: Story Sound (January 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1859034438
• ISBN-13: 978-1859034439
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6.3 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #9,267,447 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Village scandal, July 2, 2008

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M. Hudgens "mhleigh" (Washington, D.C.) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Scandal in the Village (Turnham Malpas 06) (Paperback)

In this novel of the Turham Malpas series, the village store owner's mother comes to the village to live near her son, his wife, and their four children. Of course, she is extremely difficult and has a hard time fitting in with the rest of the people. primarily because she has a tendency to be unfortunately meddlesome. There is added drama when the two married owners of the village pub began having problems and everyone chooses sides. Finally it is up to the village rector to bring the people back together again.

Quote: "It can't be very funny in a small community like Turham Malpas, where we all know each other's business before we know it ourselves."

Marital discord is always fodder for a good village-wide bitter fest. A love triangle comes to Turham Malpas, turning the whole place upside down as the two bar owners have a series of fights over another man having his eyes on the wife, Georgie, who must then decide which direction she wants to take her life. Meanwhile, everyone in town is eager to give their to cents and have a hand in the matter. This novel gets back to the goodness of some of the earlier works after the series (for me) takes a momentary blip with The Village Show and Village Secrets.