Farm Fatale
A Comedy of Country Manors

Disappointing. I have to admit, I have to like at least one "main" character in the story to enjoy a book. Not the case here. They were all pretty awful except Rosie who, I don't know, lacked spirit and insure. The thing about awful characters is I want to know why they're so bad. No such enlightenm......more

Poor Rosie had given up on her dream of moving to the British countryside when her live-in boyfriend Mark, an underappreciated journalist, gets the assignment of writing a regular column on how — in Mark’s editor’s words — “moving from the city to the country is the millennium dream” and “what it’s......more

I've didn't enjoy this as much as her others but a good solid read.......more

This was a British comedy of manners through and through. I definitely think it's one of those that would have been much better if I was a British person in 2002 when this was published. While I was able to follow along with most of the cultural references, I did just assume some of them were funny......more

When I'm in the mood for it, Wendy Holden's scathing satirical swipes at middle-class pretentions really hit the spot. This tale of city folk moving to the country with romantic notions about a better life is an absolute hoot from start to finish, and somehow we come to feel affection for the target......more