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This collection of humorous short essays combines affection for the timeless values of community life in an English village with a nostalgia for aspects that are quietly slipping away. Easy to dip into, this light-hearted volume provides entertaining reading for anyone interested in modern English rural community life, wherever they live. Written between 1991 and 2015, most of these essays first appeared in the Hawkesbury Parish News, the community newspaper for Hawkesbury Upton, the Cotswold village in which Debbie Young has lived for the last 25 years. Very active in village life, she is founder of the annual Hawkesbury Upton Literature Festival.

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Definitely charming! I'm sure lots of readers want to live in Debbie Young's village now. I know I do! - Lorna Sixsmith, author of How to Be the Perfect Farm Wife ; This book is totally charming. There are little tales about the demise of chickens, tourists who were astonished that anyone could think life worthwhile without a Chinese takeaway to hand and what it feels like to know the face behind every door. Striking a different note there are cautionary tales, such as of chatting to a stranger in an airport, or squashing more and more tasks into every day and all sorts. These are little vignettes of village life and what it is to be human that make you just want to pack up and move there straight away. - Lynne Pardoe, author of Please Adopt Me .

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"Debbie Young writes warm, witty, feelgood fiction inspired by village life in the Cotswolds, England, where she lives with her husband and daughter. Her new Sophie Sayers Village Mystery series of seven contemporary cosy mystery novels begins with ""Best Murder in Show"", launched April 2017, and runs the course of a village year. She also writes short stories, and publishes a new themed collection every year. Her stories also feature in many anthologies, and she frequently reads at spoken word events. She has appeared at the Cheltenham Literature Festival, Stroud Short Stories, and the Evesham Festival of Words. She is also founder and director of the Hawkesbury Upton Literature Festival, reviews editor for .Vine Leaves Literary Journal, a monthly columnist for two local magazines, and a regular guest on BBC Radio Gloucestershire's Book Club. She is an ambassador for the British children's reading charity Readathon and for the Type 1 diabetes research charity JDRF. To find out more about her writing life and work, please visit www.authordebbieyoung.com."

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