Gail L. (divine-ms-m) reviewed A Rival Creation (Thorndike Large Print General Series) on + 312 more book reviews
At 39, Liberty Turner's manuscripts were no longer being published. As relentless rejections pulverized her every effort, she faced up to the whimsical truth that while she was absolutely bursting with creativity, the talent just wasn't there. She began to observe her friends and neighbors in the village of Tollymead (not quite th perfect rural idyll that everyone liked to imagine) and their 'creations'. Evelyn Brooke and her fight against pollution, the vicar rebelling against his middle-class parishioners, even Nancy anderson the magistrate, rejecting her long-accustomed role. Then Oscar Brooke moved into the village and suddenly Liberty's creative urge was flowing again...