Title: Miss Buncle Married
Author: D. E. Stevenson
Series: Miss Buncle, book 2
Major Themes: England, Writing
Synopsis: Miss Buncle is now Mrs. Abbot, and she has given up writing—but has she given up studying the people around her?
After reading Miss Buncle’s Book a few months ago, I knew I wanted to read the other books about her at some point. I had the chance to read Miss Buncle Married this week, and thoroughly enjoyed it. Two of my children had read it before I did, and they kept discussing it in front of me, trying to keep the references vague so I wouldn’t figure out what was happening. That made it even more fun to read the story so I could figure out what they were talking about!
Publisher’s description:
Marriage to her publisher, Arthur Abbott, has done nothing to stop Barbara Buncle from involving herself in the lives of her neighbors. After leaving Silverstream and moving to London, Barbara and Arthur are enjoying their newly wedded bliss, but not the city life. The only solution to their problem? Returning to the country. Silverstream is out of the question, but Barbara eventually finds the perfect candidate in the town of Wandlebury. After falling in love with the town, and the run-down Archway House, the Abbotts move in and make it their home. Barbara doesn’t intend to get mixed up with those around her, again, but can’t help falling into those scrapes, often with humorous consequences!
My thoughts:
There are some very funny scenes in this book. First, there is the debacle at the lawyer’s office when someone mixes up identities. Later, there is a little girl who informs Barbara, that no matter what she says, the girl and her brother would still play in the garden. The button collection was a fun scene too. There were also people I didn’t like at all, most notably, the artist. Then there was the romance that Barbara couldn’t keep her fingers out of. Her meddling resulted in the story of a ghost going around the community!
Although there is some conflict and romance in Miss Buncle Married, I would call it a character-driven story. Most of the interest in it centers around the people that Barbara got to know, what they were like, and how she related to them. This is the perfect kind of book for reading before bed, because there is no danger to anyone in it. It’s a fun, gentle story about the people in a small English village. Oh, and the ending? I loved it!
WARNING: Chapter 1: My God, these damned dinners. Chapter 2: Hell five times. Chapter 9: Child calls another child “you beastly fat-faced baboon,” another child says the name-caller “has a demon.” Chapter 10: damned war, gadzooks twice. Chapter 12: Lord no, gadzooks. Chapter 13: Gosh, that damned party. Chapter 19: Kissing, gadzooks twice. Chapter 22: damn funny fiction. Chapter 24: gadzooks, my God, God knows, Lor. Chapter 25: Good Lord, kissing, Gor blimey, Lord, gadzooks.
Age levels:
Reading Independently—Ages 15 and Above, Adults
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