Christmas at the Keep: A moving and uplifting festive novella to escape with at Christmas

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On the other hand, if you’re bothered by even minor bad language or hints of immorality, or if you’re a fundamentalist of any kind (including atheism) then you might find this book disturbing or worse. There are sketch maps of the islands in the front and back of the book, and I referred to them several times during the course of the story.

He really should not expect to be able to rush around like a two year old now, but it’s good that he isn’t just sitting in a chair all day long like a lot of old chaps of 86-almost-87. I finished the book in just a couple of days; not that there was anything gripping in it, but it was still hard to put down.It is indeed very mild, we are only using heating late afternoon and evening and even then it’s on low. Lovely to continue reading about the Chadwick’s, your writing takes us to the Keep, and I feel like I know it so well. The main theme of the book is the need to spend time with God, to be alone to pray and listen and accept oneself as a beloved child of the Father. I too am partial to Christmas romances, not least because ones set in England are lovely and wintery and are a nice respite from our hot and humid Christmases.

Then things start going missing, so many that it’s evidently not carelessness, but someone stealing.She wrote from the heart, and her stories are peopled with wonderful characters, including the many dogs that trot along behind their owners. You become quite fond of them, irrationally so really, but like you, I really liked our brown fridge/freezer and I’ve never liked the stainless steel replacement half as much even though it’s more modern and has more freezer space. The novels Amy Wingate’s Journal, Facing the Music, Sisters Under the Skin and The Quick and The Dead were written as Willa Marsh.

But that still meant I needed to read four books in about six days… and I knew I wasn’t going to read much on Christmas Day. And now Ed, the black sheep of the family, is finally coming home after ten years living in the USA. The three siblings who grew up there are moving out to go out into the world and start out on their own. But I’m glad I re-read these first two, which reminded me just why I liked them so much as a teenager, and I’d recommend them to anyone aged about eight or nine and up who likes this kind of book. Marcia Willett, while young, loved doing ballet, but she grew out of the classic proportions required for it and her aspirations of becoming a ballerina were put to rest soon after.

With so many characters from previous novels, it probably wouldn’t be a good one to start with if you haven’t read any other of this author’s books. Join our community to get personalised book suggestions, extracts straight to your inbox, 10% off RRPs, and to change children’s lives. These diverse people are introduced somewhat randomly as they meet each other, initially at a viewing of a flat that’s for sale, and much is made of it being on the day before New Year’s Eve. Nestled in the Devon countryside, the Keep has always been a refuge for the Chadwick family: forever warm and welcoming through the challenges life has thrown at them.

In 2023 I’m going to go back to re-reading the Regency and other historical novels, so as it’s close to Christmas it made sense for my last chosen detective book of the year to be ‘Envious Casca’, which goes by the alternative (and far less erudite) title of ‘A Christmas Party’. It’s part of who these people are, not at all preachy, and could be glossed over by people without any interest in issues of faith.These books have been reprinted many times, and I understand a TV series has recently been made to introduce a new generation to Malory Towers. By using the Web site, you confirm that you have read, understood, and agreed to be bound by the Terms and Conditions. The most likeable is Belinda, who is good at art and excellent at caricatures, but as absent-minded as the musical Irene.