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A novel about the “impoverished semi-gentry of a country village, consisting of cantankerous parents and frustrated adult children… Each family quarrels with itself in the same laconic and polite way”. That quote from an early review sums up the plot perfectly. It seems to have a more wry feel to it than many of our other #FurrowedMiddlebrowClub reads (and one of the best descriptions of an awkward tea party ever 😆).

I enjoyed it!

rubyslippersreads, quietjenn, Jess_Read_This, Kimzey, erzascarletbookgasm, catebutler, CarolynM, LeahBergen, JenlovesJT47, Lizpixie, elkeOriginal, Gissy, Aimeesue, batsy, Tamra, bookandbedandtea, Teresereading, Sace, kwmg40, Cathythoughts, Ruthiella, Sparklemn, julieclair, willaful, MrsK

Ruthiella I‘ve not started yet, but based on your review and @Tamra ‘s comments, I‘m really going to like this one. 😊 2d

Tamra Wry is the perfect adjective! I am loving how each family is perfectly imperfect in their own ways. 😊 (edited) 2d

CarolynM It does seem to have a slightly different tone from many of the others - makes village life sound less appealing. 2d

Tamra @CarolynM village life always seems appealing until everyone can hear & comment on you sneezing. 🤧🤣 2d

Cathythoughts I like the sound of this ‘Wry‘ one. Great review ❤️👍🏻 1d

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Tamra

Family Ties: A Novel | Celia Buckmaster

😂 Celia has planted so many witty barbs & slights in this novel! Throughly enjoying it! #FurrowedMiddlebrowClub

Ruthiella Oh good! I was hoping for that kind of sharp edge. 3d

LeahBergen Mr Swan is quite something, isn‘t he? 😆 3d

Tamra @LeahBergen 😜 quite the catch huh???? 3d

Tamra @Ruthiella definitely! Makes it fun. 3d

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Tamra

Family Ties: A Novel | Celia Buckmaster

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rubyslippersreads I can‘t get past using a match for a bookmark! 😳 4d

Tamra @rubyslippersreads in a library book no less!😆 4d

LeahBergen Novel reading?? Gasp! 😆 4d

Tamra @LeahBergen 😲 4d

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LitsyEvents

Family Ties: A Novel | Celia Buckmaster

Repost for @Ruthiella

👋 Hello #FurrowedMiddlebrowClub members! This is a reminder that our bimonthly pick for July is the tagged title. I‘m looking forward to this novel about village life in the mid century… it‘s my catnip, one might say.

All are welcome to join this group read. Read at your own pace, but please do tag the group if you review or post on it so we all can like and comment.

Let @Ruthiella know if you want to be tagged/removed.

Ruthiella Thank you! 😊 1w

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Ruthiella

Family Ties: A Novel | Celia Buckmaster

👋 Hello #FurrowedMiddlebrowClub members! This is a reminder that our bimonthly pick for July is the tagged title. I‘m looking forward to this novel about village life in the mid century…it‘s my catnip, one might say.

All are welcome to join this group read. Read at your own pace, but please do tag the group if you review or post on it so we all can like and comment.

If anyone wants to be tagged or be removed from the list, say the word. 😊

Tamra I can do this one! 😊 1w

Ruthiella @Tamra Yahoo! 😃 1w

willaful Sounds like a fun one. 1w

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CarolynM Really looking forward to this one! 1w

Kimzey Thank you! 1w

catebutler Looking forward to this! 1w

Ruthiella @willaful I agree. I think it‘s going to be amusing! 1w

Ruthiella @CarolynM Me too! 1w

Ruthiella @Kimzey You‘re welcome! 1w

Ruthiella @catebutler I think it sounds delightful! 1w

Sace Looking forward to this! 1w

Ruthiella @Sace I have a good feeling about it. 🤞 1w

Tamra Chapter 1 has me hooked! 1w

Ruthiella @Tamra Fantastic! I will start later. I still have two books I want to finish in June. 1w

LeahBergen Yayyyy! 👏 1w

julieclair Catnip! Perfect way to describe books like this. 👍 Looking forward to it. 1w

Ruthiella @LeahBergen Yippee! 🙌 1w

Ruthiella @julieclair Yup! We all have our sub-sub-sub-genre sweet spots! 😅 1w

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Sace

Sally-Ann | SUSAN. SCARLETT

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I loved this book. Every little bit of it is my catnip: Poor girl, rich boy, jealous rival, sick family member. I read this in a day.

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Ruthiella Glad you liked it! And I believe there‘s more where that came from with her other titles. “Murder While You Work” has been the only (slight) outlier so far! 😅 2w

LeahBergen What @Ruthiella said! 😄 2w

Sace @Ruthiella @LeahBergen I‘ll have to look up more of her titles! 2w

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Ruthiella I can highly recommended “Babbacombe‘s” and

Clothes-Pegs

Sace @Ruthiella noted! Now I want to read all her romances. I think I might start with the book you tagged. 2w

willaful I also really liked Poppies for England, Under the Rainbow and Clothes Pegs. Really didn't care for Murder While You Work. 2w

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rubyslippersreads

Sally-Ann | SUSAN. SCARLETT

Ann was a bit too noble, and her family (especially Bunny) was a bit twee, but I still loved this book. You can always count on Susan Scarlett for escapist fluff. 😄

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rubyslippersreads @quietjenn @Jess_Read_This @Kimzey @erzascarletbookgasm, @catebutler @CarolynM @LeahBergen @JenlovesJT47 @Lizpixie @elkeOriginal @Gissy @Aimeesue @batsy 1mo

rubyslippersreads @Tamra @bookandbedandtea @Teresereading @Sace @kwmg40 @Sparklemn @julieclair @willaful @Mrsk @Ruthiella 1mo

Ruthiella I agree, it‘s a bit formulaic and the Bunny side story was a bit much. But from time to time, this kind of Cinderella story is fun to read. 😊 1mo

LeahBergen I kind of wanted to go to her for a beauty treatment (just to see how they‘ve changed over the years) 😆 1mo

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quietjenn

Sally-Ann | SUSAN. SCARLETT

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Hello, #FurrowedMiddlebrowClub pals! I haven't been online too much lately, but I did finish our May selection a few weeks ago.

At first, I thought that Scarlett's take on the Cinderella story might actually be *too* sweet for me and verge on saccharine, but I should've had some faith. I ended up being all about and finished the book with such a satisfied grin.

Ruthiella Glad you liked it! I don‘t think I could read too many Susan Scarletts in a row because they are so formulaic- though as a teen I‘ll bet I could have!😂! 1mo

quietjenn (Sorry about no-tags. I've been trying to get them posted for the last fifteen minutes and no luck. Will try later when maybe things are more stable?) 1mo

CarolynM Glad you enjoyed. I wouldn‘t mind living in Susan Scarlett‘s world 😆 1mo

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LeahBergen They are a bit sweet but reading one every once in a while isn‘t too bad! 😄 1mo

rubyslippersreads @LeahBergen @Ruthiella Too many in a row would be like bingeing on too much candy. 1mo

rubyslippersreads @quietjenn I can‘t post tags either. I‘ve tried in the app and the browser version. I think it doesn‘t like all those @@@ 😆 1mo

Ruthiella @rubyslippersreads Exactly! It would be a little too much! 😅 1mo

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Ruthiella

Sally-Ann | SUSAN. SCARLETT

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A charming Cinderella story, though I felt a little sorry for bad-girl Cora. Also, when Bunny fainted, I laughed, it was so melodramatic- which was I think not the intended reaction. 😂

Aesthetician Ann, from an impoverished but proud and upstanding middle class family, meets cute Sir Timothy. Will class differences hold back true love? If you‘ve ever read Susan Scarlett before, you know the answer. 😍

rubyslippersreads ❤️ those old ads. My great aunt told a story about a beauty salon that caught fire. Ladies had to be extricated from those permanent wave machines. 😲 2mo

Ruthiella @rubyslippersreads 😳 OMG! I can only imagine the panic! 2mo

LeahBergen Yes, I also had an inkling about how it would turn out. 😉😆 2mo

Ruthiella @LeahBergen Shocking! 😜😂 2mo

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LeahBergen

Sally-Ann | SUSAN. SCARLETT

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Beautician Ann is the perfect size to fit the ill and absent bridesmaid‘s gown at an aristocratic wedding and reluctantly steps in to fill the role. She meets the dashing best man (a Lord, natch) and sparks fly. This was a lovely little pre-WWII Harlequin Romance/Mills and Boon riff on a Cinderella story and I was down for all of it. 😆

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CarolynM I got a bit worried when poor Bunny was at death's door 🫣🥲 I should have known that it would all turn out well in the end😃 2mo

Ruthiella Sounds like it‘s a perfect Susan Scarlett fairy tale! I hope to start it this weekend. 🤞 2mo

willaful Ah, Never No More. I should reread that. 2mo

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Cathythoughts Great review 😁❤️ 2mo

sarahbarnes Sounds adorable 🥰 2mo

Suet624 My mother was the only other person I‘ve ever heard use the word ‘natch‘. It brings up memories. 2mo

LeahBergen @Suet624 My mother said it, too, and that‘s probably where I got it from! 😆 2mo

Bookbuyingaddict Love the cover too looks similar to the apricot sky you told me about 😍 1mo

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