![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() How could the editor have overlooked so much slang, clichés, and a whopper about "the laird in the manse" which upset my Scottish sensibilities. Prue Leith might have had a different editor for this book than for her earlier novels. There is even a very detailed description about a medical procedure to remove excess fluid from one of the character's knees! There are also too many details about the clothes they wear and the names of contemporary dress designers. One is a food-writer and, as in previous novels, there is far too much about cooking methods and ingredients, and descriptions of the meals the various characters eat. I have the impression that the three women are extensions of Prue Leith herself. Admittedly the three main characters meet because they join a choral group, but the book deals with their separate lives and we hardly hear much about the choral society at all, except that the scratch group starts off singing Gospel songs and later is rehearsing for a performance of "Messiah". By the end of the book they have resolved their problems in one way or another.Īs a musician who has conducted several choirs in my career I thought this book would be of interest to me. At the beginning of the book each woman has a short-coming. ![]()
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