every once in a long while one discovers a new enchanted series that hearkens to a cleaner and gentler style that delivers its punches with sneakily ironic wit. even more charming if the series is set in a village in post-WW2 england, that special time suspended between modern brash britain and miss marple's spidery lace-filled era.
the surprising thing is it doesn't read like a dated magazine article, all italics and delicate innuendo. the child today, used as he is to much praise and encouragement, finds it much more difficult to keep going as his task gets progressively long. ... and the negative attitude, in so many homes, of how-much-money-can-i-get-for-how-little-work? does nothing to help them ... unexpectedly current and forthright, i must say. surely enlightenment comes lately?
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