Miss Buncle's Book

Barbara Buncle, who lives in a small village, is unmarried, and perhaps in her late thirties, writes a novel about the village in order to try and supplement her meagre income and thereby succeeds in taking charge of her own life. This is an entirely light-hearted, easy read, one of those books like Mariana, Miss Pettigrew, The Making of a Marchinoness and Greenery Street which can be recommended unreservedly to someone looking for an undemanding, fun and absorbing novel - that is also well-written and intelligent and with an entirely original plot. DE Stevenson (1892-1973) sold 4 million copies of her books in the UK and 3 million in America; Miss Buncle's Book is the first novel by this shrewd, unassuming author to have been reprinted in the UK for fifty years.