Book description
'Here is the absolute truth about love, told with wisdom, heart and humour. So clever, funny and life-affirming'
Meg Mason
'Funny and heartbreaking, immersive and thoroughly satisfying'
Nina Stibbe
There are already three of us in this marriage. I'm not sure there is room for a fourth . . .…
Why read it?
1 author picked Ordinary Time as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
I’d describe this novel as bittersweet. While readable and humorous, it touches on profound questions about marriage, family and religion.
The narrator is the neglected wife of a country vicar who is totally absorbed in the service of his church. The frustrations of her domestic life and the foibles of the ladies of the parish are closely observed and gently parodied. The monotony is broken, and things become more serious, when a chance encounter leads to a total reassessment of the marital relationship.
From Jennifer's list on novels about the psychology of marriage.
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