<strong>Hens Dancing</strong> is an irresistible novel in which wry thirtysomething VenetiaSummers chronicles her chaotic life through the course of a year.It i... » 

Hens Dancing is an irresistible novel in which wry thirtysomething VenetiaSummers chronicles her chaotic life through the course of a year.It isnt easy to keep things running smoothly in a ramshackle farmhouse in theEnglish countryside. There are the children who need comforting new clothesand rides to school. To say nothing of the tribulations caused by an exhusbandwho operates a pet mortuary and a mother who hides Bloody Mary miniatures andcigarettes in the grass at Easter. But there are those moments that make it allworthwhile an unexpected crow of joy from the youngest a little flirtationwith the plumber. With intelligence and wit Barker gives us an intimate lookinto the lives of very real deeply funny characters. «