Soliciting from Home

by Melanie Russell

Soliciting from Home is a tongue-in-cheek title to reflect this light hearted look at the vagaries of setting up a legal practice in 1970s England. Packed with authentic and endearing characters, unexpected romance and good old-fashioned country town drama, Soliciting from Home is an amusing, occasionally sad, but always warmhearted account.


'A gentle amble through the English way of life in the style of James Herriot and Gervase Phinn. This book will remind you of leisurely times-gone-by as you wander through the vagaries of the law with a young lady solicitor by your side! I smiled all the way through.' Reader's Review.

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First published April 4, 2015

Reviews

[Amber Foxx · Rating 4 out of 5]

The memoir reminds us that not that long ago—in the 1970s—it was novel for a young, married, pregnant woman to be working in a profession such as the law. In vivid, well-crafted prose, Melanie Russell relates her venture in solo practice as a solicitor, working from her home in a small English village, portraying the people of her town with compassion, wisdom and humor. The remarkable situations she encountered make good enough stories, both the solemn ones and the comical ones, but the style in which she tells them makes them all the more engaging. I laughed out loud at several scenes, and was as caught up in others as if I were reading a mystery.