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Book Review-Come-Rain-Or-Shine

Come Rain Or Shine

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Tricia Stringer

Come Rain Or Shine is a sequel to A Chance of Stormy Weather.  Paula and Dan are approaching their first wedding anniversary and first child. All is running reasonably well with the newlyweds.  Paula is developing her work-from-home accountancy business, which she loves.  She is also proud of her ability when it comes to fixing a fence, feeding shearers and baking a pasty.   Her life is busy but she is happy.

Rowena, Dan’s domineering auntie, is as abrasive as ever.

Farm works keep Dan weary and distant, which is of concern to Paula.  And there are times when I would have been happy to see Paula leave Dan due to his stupidity.  After promising never to keep secrets in Stormy Weather we find Dan constantly keeping Paula in the dark over issues which will affect the farm and them as a couple.

Paula still has only limited interest in the weather.  However, with rain at harvest time followed by a long dry summer and bushfires all around she is learning why the weather is a hot topic for farmers.

Again I must give to credit narrator Kate Hosking for her wonderful job of narrating Come Rain or Shine.

I rated

Come Rain or Shine

as a

five-star

audiobook

*****

At the time of writing my review

Goodreads readers have rated

Come Rain or Shine

an average of 3.92 stars,

from 443 ratings and 48 reviews.

*****

Come Rain or Shine

can be purchased online at

Booktopia, Fishpond and Amazon

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Book Review-Birds-Of-A-Feather

Birds Of A Feather

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Tricia Stringer

Birds of a Feather is the story of three strong women from the fictitious town of Wallaby Bay, supposedly located on Spencer’s Gulf in South Australia.

The eldest is Eve, a partner in the Wallaby Bay fishing fleet forever and a day.  She is an independent woman who has lived alone since her husband’s death.

It is only since she had surgery on her injured shoulder that she has had guests in the form of a home help nurse and then her God Daughter, Julia, who has a troubled past.

Nurse Lucy has two children and a fly-in, fly-out (FIFO) husband who is a mine worker in Western Australia.  I note with surprise that Lucy is described as abrasive.  Personally, I thought god-daughter Julia as the abrasive character of the threesome.   True, Lucy was stubborn particularly about her job, as any good nurse should be; whereas Julia spoke abrasively about any and everything she felt like.

Narrator, Casey Withoos does a wonderful job of narrating Birds Of A Feather.  There were clearly identifiable voices for each character in the story, which in my opinion makes the whole experience more pleasant.

As my home town is a much smaller country town than Wallaby Bay, I find Ms Stringer’s books very relatable.  Birds Of A Feather is the author’s fourteenth book and my second of her works.

I rated

Birds Of A Feather

as a

five-star

audiobook

*****

At the time of writing my review

Goodreads readers have rated

Birds Of A Feather

an average of 3.97 stars,

from 784 ratings and 103 reviews.

*****

Birds Of A Feather

can be purchased online at

Booktopia, Fishpond and Amazon

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Book Review-A-Chance-of-Stormy-Weather

A Chance of Stormy Weather

by

Tricia Stringer

A Chance of Stormy Weather was my first Tricia Stringer book and hopefully not my last.  I loved this yarn as it was something to which I could easily relate.  I married a city girl and experienced a mice plague while wool classing in the Riverina Region of New South Wales for ten seasons; waking up one night to a mouse sharing my pillow.

However, not all goes as expected for Paula on the farm.  The house she and Dan have moved into is old.   One or two rooms have been fixed up; however, this does not deter the mice.

Dan’s auntie, Rowena, a partner on the farm is a kind but domineering personality.

Paula has no interest in the weather yet it still dominates the conversation at all local gatherings.  Why?

I loved A Chance of Stormy Weather and could relate to each and every one of Paula’s problems whether it was mice in the house or not knowing her way around.

I have to credit narrator Kate Hosking for her wonderful job of narrating A Chance of Stormy Weather

I rated

A Chance of Stormy Weather

as a

five-star

audiobook

*****

At the time of writing my review

Goodreads readers have rated

A Chance of Stormy Weather

an average of 4.28 stars,

from 428 ratings and 47 reviews.

*****

A Chance of Stormy Weather

can be purchased online at

Booktopia, Fishpond and Amazon