A Wedding in Provence: From the #1 bestselling author of uplifting feel-good fiction

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The novel is set in 1963 and I can certainly see the benefit of setting the novel in that time period before mobile phones etc. Alexandra is on her way from London to finishing school in Switzerland when she stops off in Paris for 24 hours.

A Wedding in Provence is the second in a series of three about three girls who met on a cookery course in London. I loved seeing Alexandra thrust into life as a nannie for children that, very obviously, resent her and do not want her there. Now she has to care for children who view her ‘with a mixture of hostility, resentment and defiance’.Although young Stephie is the one I took to heart from the beginning, I developed soft spots for all the children. We get to meet Alexandra's friend David, who comes to help her tutor the children, and he also happens to be homosexual, something frowned upon in England during the setting of this story. There’s nothing particularly surprising in it, but the easy and lighthearted feel is exactly what I was craving. Cookery school-trained, with ‘colloquial and rustic’ French, Alexandra is to take charge of le Comte’s – Antoine’s – three children in a chateau in Provence for a month.

Well, I say buddy read… *taps chin*This was your typical Hannah/Laura buddy read where the planned reading schedule goes to pot on the first night *snorts*. We don’t share your credit card details with third-party sellers, and we don’t sell your information to others. Katie lives in Stroud, Gloucestershire, England with her husband, some of her three children and many pets. If you’ve read any previous book by Katie Fforde you’ll know she absolutely slays her characterizations, every single character in all of her books are believable, not perfect in any way, and absolutely so dang lovable. There are many interesting characters in this book, that help to add colour to the story, and the market scenes make me want to go and visit similar places, too!Alexandra is on her way to live with her starchy relations and decides to stop off in Paris for a couple of days sightseeing.

The only nannying experience she has had is that of her own nannies who brought her up after her parents died. Katie Fforde’s latest novel ‘A Wedding in Provence’ is a refreshingly energetic read and a nod to an era where young ladies, raised by nannies and destined for finishing school, was a very real thing. Usually, I end up having one or two favourite characters but I loved almost every character in this charming book, even the ones who didn’t feature much! It is an enjoyable story and the kittens almost make it worth reading by themselves but to me, it all seemed a bit predictable with too many stereotypes. A series of events means she end up as a short term Governess to 3 children whose mother has left, and whose father has to work away, so Alexandre at age 20 finds herself in a French chateau in Province in charge of 3 children - the oldest of whom is 15 - not too much younger than herself.

Katie Fforde has accompanied me through my young adult years, all the way to the present, and I know that whenever I pick up one of her books, I will be engulfed in the story, immediately.