Hens Dancing
by Rafaella Barker. Oh, please do try this book! It's so much fun. Barker is a British magazine columnist often compared to Helen Fielding. Hens Dancing is a married (well, divorced) woman's story, but the Bridget Jones comparison is apt. Venetia lives in rural England with her three children (two spirited boys and a baby girl known only as “The Beauty.”) The book is a journal spanning a year after her husband leaves her for the dreaded Helena (or “the poison dwarf” - Venetia's nickname). Characters include her vodka-swilling mother and aninteresting contractor. It is at once absurd, warm and romantic. As another contributor said, “British year in the life story with a great setting, fun characters and reads Bridget Jones-esque."
