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A review by lory_enterenchanted
The Woods in Winter by Stella Gibbons
emotional
lighthearted
mysterious
reflective
relaxing
Reviews and more on my blog: Entering the Enchanted Castle
Stella Gibbons' later books really make me think of Jane Gardam, and Gardam was an admirer of Gibbons, so that makes sense. This book centers around a woman who inherits a cottage in her childhood village and proceeds to move there from London and make it into her own, working her "gipsy" magic on the local animals, with mice and cockroaches dancing about. (It's reminiscent of Lolly Willowes, too.) There were some enjoyable pairings of unsuitable mates, but the end petered out in a disappointing way, with the last chapter serving as an epilogue set in the 1970s to tell what happened to those characters, rather than showing them.
Stella Gibbons' later books really make me think of Jane Gardam, and Gardam was an admirer of Gibbons, so that makes sense. This book centers around a woman who inherits a cottage in her childhood village and proceeds to move there from London and make it into her own, working her "gipsy" magic on the local animals, with mice and cockroaches dancing about. (It's reminiscent of Lolly Willowes, too.) There were some enjoyable pairings of unsuitable mates, but the end petered out in a disappointing way, with the last chapter serving as an epilogue set in the 1970s to tell what happened to those characters, rather than showing them.