The New Rector; Talk Of The Village; Village Matters

Tales from Turnham Malpas #1-3

by Rebecca Shaw

Three Rebecca Shaw novels in one volume featuring: "The New Rector"; "Talk of the Village"; and "Village Matters".

576 pages, Paperback

First published June 20, 2002

About the author

Sunday Times bestselling author Rebecca Shaw is known for her heartwarming tales of country life.
Rebecca grew up in Yorkshire and attended a Quaker boarding school before becoming a teacher of deaf children.
She wrote 28 novels. Her biggest series of 19 books set in a fictional English village called TURNHAM MALPAS chart the lives and loves of the village inhabitants.
A further six novels tell the stories of the vets, veterinary nurses and animals at a veterinary practice in the fictional English market town of BARLEYBRIDGE.
She also wrote three standalone novels.
Rebecca lived with her husband in a beautiful Dorset village where she found plenty of inspiration for her contemporary stories about rural life. Rebecca sadly passed away in 2015, but her stories continue to be enjoyed by readers across the globe.
Rebecca has been translated and sold in Denmark, Germany, Hungary and Norway. She is also published in the US.

Reviews

[Tracy Larner-Brown · Rating 3 out of 5]

A lovely gentle village read.

[Ann Boytim · Rating 4 out of 5]

4.0 Three stories concerning village life. All characters in the three stories continuing on from the first. Young Rector of the village and his wife who happens to be a Doctor. Village life is full of gossip and people living their for generations. Newcomers are looked at with suspicion untiol they prove themselves. Easy reading stories.

[Susan Pearson · Rating 5 out of 5]

I am really happy to have discovered this book and this author, I really enjoyed the village setting and the at once contemporary and old world nature of the stories.

[Miette · Rating 3 out of 5]

A little twee, but an enjoyable easy read.