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Sheila Bishop wrote unusual stories for the romance genre. While most romance is a fantasy of happily ever after, Bishop often addressed the rocks in the road after marriage, as she does here. Her stories can be tough because she addresses things that do ruin marriages, such as infidelity and abuse. Can marriages recover? And in particular, what were women's choices in the times she writes about?
Here, delightful young woman marries equally delightful young man. She's very young indeed, and has a lot of growing up to do. Can their marriage stand the strain of the different expectations they bring to it?
Bishop's books are of Regency length, but they are not the frothy stories we expect of Regencies. She began writing before the Regency became established as a genre. Her voice is entirely individual. If you want a read that will make you think about how people formed and maintained attachments in different eras, try these. If you want the typical bubbly Regency, look elsewhere. She and Georgette Heyer remain my favorite Regency authors. Each recalls some aspects of Jane Austen - Heyer, the wit and sheer pleasure of Pride & Prejudice; Bishop, the compromises of Sense & Sensibility.
Here, delightful young woman marries equally delightful young man. She's very young indeed, and has a lot of growing up to do. Can their marriage stand the strain of the different expectations they bring to it?
Bishop's books are of Regency length, but they are not the frothy stories we expect of Regencies. She began writing before the Regency became established as a genre. Her voice is entirely individual. If you want a read that will make you think about how people formed and maintained attachments in different eras, try these. If you want the typical bubbly Regency, look elsewhere. She and Georgette Heyer remain my favorite Regency authors. Each recalls some aspects of Jane Austen - Heyer, the wit and sheer pleasure of Pride & Prejudice; Bishop, the compromises of Sense & Sensibility.
