My Rating:

Favorite Quotes:

‘You had a tree? You must have been rich.’ ‘We used the same one every year. My da dug it up in December and planted it back in the garden in January. That’s proper recycling.’

…what Millbrook will make of it when we come motoring through their quiet village in all these cars. It’ll look like the Clampetts have arrived. I can hardly wait to see everyone’s face in The Pig and Pickle.

‘I’m not keen on housework,’ Mary said. ‘I shove something in the oven and take it out once a day. That’s as much as I’ll cook. And as for vacuuming– it hurts my back.’ Lola looked disgusted. ‘I’ve never cooked anything from scratch in my life. I mean, what are restaurants for?’

In the corner was a kettle and a tray of cups. Sally said, ‘Do you have time for a cuppa?’ ‘I’d bite your hand off for one,’ Bronagh said.

Adam handed over two piping-hot mugs. One of them had ‘Student Tears’ written on the side and the other read ‘I Survived Another Meeting that Should Have Been an Email’. Sadie said kindly, ‘It must be tough being a teacher.’

‘I’ll make sure I’m free,’ Bronagh said haughtily. ‘I’ll just put Robert de Niro off again.’

As my mammy used to say, “May the hinges of our friendship never grow rusty.”

My Review:

I adore Judy Leigh and have delighted in every one of her engaging tales that I’ve had the pleasure to peruse. This one had me gleefully giggle-snorting into my wine goblet as it was chock-a-block full of outrageous senior shenanigans and the funniest Nativity scene ever.

The writing style was well-polished, easy to follow, and highly amusing as well as thoughtfully perceptive. The characters touched my heart while they entertained me. Judy Leigh has been gifted by the word fairies and undoubtedly has a magical pen that is continually refilled with ink made of pixie dust.