This
is a novel in the style of the Mitford series. Neil Fisher arrives in
the small village of Dunbridge and promptly manages to lock himself
in St. Stephen's Church. He sustains himself with the communion wine
and wafers as he is not discovered for hours. Nonetheless, they still
hire him for the curate's job. He has a year of experience to gain
before his ordination.
Neil
settles into his job, meeting all of the quirky people in the
village. He is an eligible bachelor and several women have their eyes
on him. He meets crabby people and loving people. He meets his
neighbor Claire, an avowed atheist. And he endures the phone calls
from his mother who laments his not going into a prestigious and high
paying job.
This
is a delightful novel. Neil is a gentle man who comes to love those
he is serving. And while Wendy, the choir director, has her sights on
Neil, I'm really rooting for Claire. Now, if she would just come to
the point of admitting that there is a God...
Pam
Rhodes has presented the world's number one religious television
program, Songs of Praise, for many years. She has written five
previous novels. Find out more about her and her books at
http://www.pamrhodes.co.uk/about.html.
Lion
Hudson (distributed in the U.S. by Kregel Books), 256 pages.
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