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The bear family dramas Iv read ; part of the furniture was brilliant ! Just as good as the camomile lawn & now want to read all of Mary Wesley‘s back list . The family roundabout #persephonebookclub thank you @LeahBergen absolutely adored it ! Blew me away wonderful wonderful writing , any recommendations for more family dramas please 🙏 😃

Relaxing in the hairdressers half way into this little treat , poor poor juno. I‘m really surprised this book has such low ratings on all the main apps, perhaps 🤔 too many trigger warnings for modern sensibilities? Personally I think the writing is excellent : Mary Wesley reminds me of Elizabeth Jane Howard. Our young protagonist, juno is a victim of spoilt rich male cousins, frowned upon by their cruel mothers & ignored by her own, but is

An utter joy from beginning to end ! A used an unwanted girl becomes very much wanted - there are some lovely and endearing characters and a happy ending - I‘m still smiling about it .

The premise was intriguing, but it didn't hold up in my opinion. There was never a believable reason that Evelyn sent Juno to his father, and difficulties were glossed over. There were moments of very good writing, it just didn't hold together for me.