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The Little Shop of Happy Ever After
by Jenny Colgan
Whenever I get on a plane, I have to have a Jenny Colgan book to read on-board; in fact, it's now something of a habit, along with passing out Chupa Chup lollies to keep our ears from popping on take-off.
In this book Jenny takes us once more up to the highlands of Scotland and, my goodness, it's somewhere I want to be as soon as she starts describing the rolling hills, the fresh breeze and the endless views. Our heroine, having lost her job as a librarian in Birmingham city centre, decides to take the plunge and open up a bookshop van, quite unexpectedly making her home in a faraway Scottish village. There is much of a feel of Jenny's more recent books (those set on the fictional Scottish island of Mure) to THE LITTLE SHOP OF HAPPY EVER AFTER, and for me that's no bad thing. The sense of place is just wonderful, and the characters who form the communities in Jenny's books are brilliantly drawn.
I don't often think of books as "escapist" - although more often than not, that's what they are - but for me Jenny's books always tick that box. From the minute I start the story I am fully immersed in the story, picturing myself in that place, desperate to see what the characters do next. Her endings never disappoint - I only ever wish they were just a little bit longer!
In this book Jenny takes us once more up to the highlands of Scotland and, my goodness, it's somewhere I want to be as soon as she starts describing the rolling hills, the fresh breeze and the endless views. Our heroine, having lost her job as a librarian in Birmingham city centre, decides to take the plunge and open up a bookshop van, quite unexpectedly making her home in a faraway Scottish village. There is much of a feel of Jenny's more recent books (those set on the fictional Scottish island of Mure) to THE LITTLE SHOP OF HAPPY EVER AFTER, and for me that's no bad thing. The sense of place is just wonderful, and the characters who form the communities in Jenny's books are brilliantly drawn.
I don't often think of books as "escapist" - although more often than not, that's what they are - but for me Jenny's books always tick that box. From the minute I start the story I am fully immersed in the story, picturing myself in that place, desperate to see what the characters do next. Her endings never disappoint - I only ever wish they were just a little bit longer!