What is it like to be: Famous in a Small Town (by Viola Shipman)

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Viola Shipman (surprisingly perhaps the pen name for a man) knows how to write the women’s fiction stories that readers crave. That streak is continued with this title.

Eighty year old Mary Jackson has run the general store in her small community. She is following a family tradition in doing so with a store that has been run by women for generations. Who will succeed her?

Becky Thatcher (hmm, isn’t that a name from Tom Sawyer?) comes to town. She is forty, just half Mary’s age. How will her life intersect with Mary’s?

The store is a hub for the community and the many folks who populate the story. Readers will wish that they could shop and eat there.

Shipman does an excellent job in creating a setting and characters whom readers will want to know. Recommended for women’s fiction lovers. By the way, watch out for the cherry pits!

Many thanks to Harlequin Trade Publishing for this title. All opinions are my own.

Pub date: 13 June 2023

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