Has anyone else read this?
One reviewer (maybe more) has compared it to Austen in that it is a comedy of manners set in an English village.
It is contemporary, however, so it has elements such as racism/race relations that Austen dealt with only in a very cursory way (e.g. Gypsies in Emma).
The author talks about "passion rooted in friendship" being a kind of recipe for relational success, which I found interesting.
I thoroughly enjoyed the book, though it is rather "light". Perhaps because it is so much lighter and brighter than much contemporary "literary" fiction.
What did you think?
