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Katherine #1-2
The Katherine Wentworth Novels
Katherine married at nineteen and enjoyed four years of happiness before her beloved Gerald died unexpectedly. She is left to bring up a stepson, Simon, and her own little twins on a very inadequate income.
Stretched thin by the grief and new responsibilities of raising a family alone, a trip to a remote home in the Scottish highlands provides immediate solace for Katherine. Colours look brighter, food is tastier, and every day is a new pleasure.
Little does she know that further family trouble awaits on the horizon, as well as a new love in the most unexpected of places...
Stretched thin by the grief and new responsibilities of raising a family alone, a trip to a remote home in the Scottish highlands provides immediate solace for Katherine. Colours look brighter, food is tastier, and every day is a new pleasure.
Little does she know that further family trouble awaits on the horizon, as well as a new love in the most unexpected of places...
593 pages, Kindle Edition
First published January 1, 2019
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D.E. Stevenson
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Dorothy Emily Stevenson was a best-selling Scottish author. She published more than 40 romantic novels over a period of more than 40 years. Her father was a cousin of Robert Louis Stevenson.
D.E. Stevenson had an enormously successful writing career: between 1923 and 1970, four million copies of her books were sold in Britain and three million in the States. Like E.F. Benson, Ann Bridge, O. Douglas or Dorothy L. Sayers (to name but a few) her books are funny, intensely readable, engaging and dependable.
Dorothy Emily Stevenson was a best-selling Scottish author. She published more than 40 romantic novels over a period of more than 40 years. Her father was a cousin of Robert Louis Stevenson.
D.E. Stevenson had an enormously successful writing career: between 1923 and 1970, four million copies of her books were sold in Britain and three million in the States. Like E.F. Benson, Ann Bridge, O. Douglas or Dorothy L. Sayers (to name but a few) her books are funny, intensely readable, engaging and dependable.
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December 28, 2021
When there’s been a lot going on and I’m just feeling frazzled, it’s time to get lost in a D.E. Stevenson novel (or two). I like these collections of multiple books on Kindle, so I can get straight to the sequel!
Katherine Wentworth was a lovely story. I felt like I could relate to Katherine, and her kids were a big part of the charm of the story. I also liked the way that Stevenson brings in allusions to literature—from the “silly book about dressed up rabbits” scorned by seven-year-old Denis (surely a Beatrix Potter reference) to the unseen character who keeps being mentioned named Edward Ferrars (a name well known to Jane Austen fans)!
Katherine’s Marriage is also a delight, but it’s different in many ways. Unlike the first book, this one isn’t told in the first person by Katherine herself. This isn’t a bad thing; I enjoyed getting to follow multiple characters in this one. I was delighted to get to see my old friend MacAslan again—he was the central character in Smouldering Fire, which is one of my favorite of Stevenson’s other books. The ending was a bit abrupt, but that tends to be true of Stevenson’s books generally. I had a great time reading these!
Katherine Wentworth was a lovely story. I felt like I could relate to Katherine, and her kids were a big part of the charm of the story. I also liked the way that Stevenson brings in allusions to literature—from the “silly book about dressed up rabbits” scorned by seven-year-old Denis (surely a Beatrix Potter reference) to the unseen character who keeps being mentioned named Edward Ferrars (a name well known to Jane Austen fans)!
Katherine’s Marriage is also a delight, but it’s different in many ways. Unlike the first book, this one isn’t told in the first person by Katherine herself. This isn’t a bad thing; I enjoyed getting to follow multiple characters in this one. I was delighted to get to see my old friend MacAslan again—he was the central character in Smouldering Fire, which is one of my favorite of Stevenson’s other books. The ending was a bit abrupt, but that tends to be true of Stevenson’s books generally. I had a great time reading these!
January 25, 2023
This story begins when Katherine Wentworth, a young widow with three children, has a chance meeting with a woman who she attendeded school with. Zilla Maclaren invites Katherine to tea - somewhat surprising since they were not in the same grade or even friends at school. Zilla has everything she could possibly want. It does not make her happy. However, she latches on to Katherine. Katherine is a very likeable character, as are her children. She has very little money to live on but tries to make the best of her situation. Lots of things happen in these two books. Some of the events are quite unexpected. I had a hard time putting my Kindle down because I kept wanting to find out what would happen next.
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