An Unsuitable Match (by Joanna Trollope)

I’ve been reading novels by Joanna Trollope for over twenty-five years now. Mostly they are character-based rather than having a significant plot, and as I get older that increasingly suits me. Although the author is in her seventies now, she’s still publishing novels, so I put them on my wishlist as soon as they’re out in paperback. I was given ‘An Unsuitable Match’ for my birthday in April, and have just finished reading it.

The main character is a woman in her sixties called Rose. She’s b...