Working Wonders (by Jenny Colgan)

On the whole, I have liked the books I’ve read by Jenny Colgan. They’re light women’s fiction, often based around some kind of food shop or other small village establishment. So when I saw ‘Working Wonders’ at a church book sale towards the end of last year, I picked it up. It’s been on my to-be-read shelf until I picked it up to read a few days ago.

It starts well enough.  Arthur and his girlfriend Fay are getting up, and clearly not getting along very well. They don’t seem to communicate, ...