Joanna Trollope décrit la vie de village en Angleterre. Les situations et les personnages sont intéressants, les relations familiales et amoureuses aussi. Le filon s'est un peu épuisé avec le temps. Les meilleurs selon moi sont celui-ci, the Choir et a Village Affair.

I thoroughly enjoy the way she develops her characters and although I read three of her books a few years ago I had forgotten how much I liked her writing style----and now I can enjoy LOTS of her books that I have missed! ( )

Luchtige lectuur, zet het leven in landelijk Engeland (Nottinghamshire) neer, centrale figuur Anna die als predikantsvrouw uit het keurslijf probeert te breken. Leuk en pittig geschreven. Een aanrader voor een druilerige dag. ( )

A nuanced, sophisticated exploration of a woman at the crossroads: of her faith, her marriage to a Church of England rector, and her relationship with her children & village friendships. Moments of humor - based on the wry, but thoughtful observations of human nature by the author- helped lift it above the inevitable disappointments and mundane realities of married life, parenting dilemmas, the demands of "duty". I found it a compelling and fast read. ( )

'The Rector's Wife' is one of the most thought-provoking and best-written of Joanna Trollope's books, in my view. It focusses on Anna who has been married for twenty years to Peter, an Anglican Vicar. She has been constantly supportive, and has mostly coped with raising the children, looking after the home, and entertaining - often at short notice - a variety of people. But she's beginning to feel trapped. She isn't always sure of her own faith, and she's quite certain that her purpose in life is not to be an unpaid curate.

On the whole I found it very enjoyable. It was quite thought-provoking too, my only problem being that the author seemed to write from a viewpoint outside that of Christianity herself - thus while she clearly tried hard to understand Peter's viewpoint, and that of other Christians in the book, there was inevitably something missing.
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