The Great Summer Sewing Bee

by Alex Brown

Can the perfect village save the perfect wedding?

INCLUDES EXCLUSIVE EXTRACT FROM A POSTCARD FROM ITALY

Cher, the landlady of the Duck & Puddle pub in the picturesque village of Tindledale is getting married to her fiancé, Clive, aka Sonny. When disaster strikes, threatening to ruin Cher’s wedding, her best friend, Sybil comes up with a plan. Can the villagers and the sew solid crew from Hettie’s House of Haberdashery and their Singer sewing machines save the big day to give Cher her perfect, country wedding?

Genres: Chick Lit, Short Stories, Fiction, Romance, British Literature

93 pages, Kindle Edition

Published June 7, 2019

About the author

Alex Brown is an International No.1 bestselling author of fourteen books including A Postcard from Italy, the Carrington’s series, The Secret of Orchard Cottage, The Great Christmas Knit Off, The Wish, A Postcard from Paris and the Bridget’s Bicycle Bakery series. Her books are loved worldwide and have been translated into twenty languages.

Alex lives by the sea on the south coast of England with her family and two glossy black Labradors. When she isn’t writing, she can be found walking on the beach, binge-watching a boxset or enjoying a French martini cocktail. She loves chatting to her readers on social media @alexbrownbooks and you can sign up to her newsletter on her website www.alexbrownauthor.com to receive a free short story, The Beach Walk, and also be the first to hear about new books, free extracts and giveaways.

Reviews

[Nicola Clough]

This was a very quick read but was very good and full of people pulling together to make something happen.
Cher is the landlady of the duck and puddle pub in the lovely village lives in tindledale and she's due to get married to Clive but when disaster strikes and could effect their big sale will the village pull together and being able to save the day by sewing like busy bees or will it be to late for that.
A great short read.

[Claire - TheBookendReviews]

A sweet and adorable novella. Perfect for passing an hour away.

[Samantha Luke]

Lovely short story revisiting some old favourites for me

[Samantha Tonge]

I loved this delightful little story. Perfect to read over a coffee!

[Roberta]

A lovely short story focussing on Cher and Sonny from Tindledale, and the first few chapters from the author’s next book (which is out next month).

It was so lovely to return to Tindledale, and to see two people get their happy ending in spite of difficulties. I can’t really say much more without giving away the plot!

[K.J. Chapman]

The story was your average country village, country folk, rallying together to pull a wedding off. It was exactly what I expected and enjoy, but the dialogue, and how 'nice' everyone was felt a little unbelievable.

And short story? 37% of the book and it was over. The rest was opening chapters from another book. Call it what it is... an excerpt.

[Sheerie]

3.5 out of 5

[Beverley Lucas]

One of the most poorly written books I have ever read

[Melanie Fillingham]

Short but sweet!
I enjoyed this very, very short book. Perfect for a bus or car journey

[Stacey]

A short, heart-warming novella about friends and family pulling together when they're needed most. Enjoyable and lighthearted. Easy and quick read

[Suzanne]

My first read by this Author ..

Having been suitably enticed by the title and Summertime cover, it was disappointing to only be 7 Chapters long ..

The overall idea for the story-line was great, but it didn't translate well into such a short novella format .. the Author knew where to start and the finish was obvious, however, if this had been a proper length novel, we would have had time to get to know the characters and everyone's part in this two week lead up to getting a wedding together could have been explored in greater depth .. felt the more interesting parts of the story were glossed over, or ignored, but could have filled a couple of chapter each .. not enough Sewing Bee antics either ..

[Tracy]

Short story followed by excerpt from another book by same author

The first part of this free book is described as an uplifting short story. It was ok,like the kind of short you'd read in a magazine. I was surprised at how short it was as I was less than half way through according to the counter in my kindle. The rest of this freebie was the opening of another book by the same author and I didn't realise that until I'd finished reading and was just getting into the story! But cheeky Amazon,leading me on like that. I'm NOT buying it!

[Mavi]

Lo venden como novelle cuando en realidad es un relato largo. No tiene mucha trama y desde luego, el problema "ay, que no puedo tener una boda superespecial" no conecta conmigo. Para rematar, desde el 38% del ebook tienes un capítulo inicial de un libro no solicitado para que te lo descargues. Ojo, eso signifoca que hay más porcentaje del libro que no has elegido que del que pediste originalmente. Una tomadura de pelo.
Le dejo dos estrellas porque no está mal escrito.

[Lyndsey Gilchrist]

Short story was a bit of an understatement. It took up 37% of the book as the rest was a preview of another.

However it was a lovely story following friendship and the community of Tindledale coming together to help Cher and Sonny get married after a disaster threatens it.

First time reading this author and would consider reading a full length book by her.

[~☆starlight]

Another great Novella from Alex brown! Perfect reading if you dont have much time as this is a 20min read!! This novella set in idyllic fictional village Tindledale is focused on Cher and Sonnie the owners of the pub and their wedding day!! As usual its full of warmth, love and community spirit the kind you can only get in a close knit village!

[Tardisgirl]

It was too short. And a lot shorter than expected too. Like, at 41% it was already finished, and the other book started. I somehow thought it would last for at least another 20%. So it ended quite sudden.
I don't know. I think I had higher expectations.
It was nice to read about all my favourite characters again. But I never really got into the story before it was over. Just 3 stars for now.

[Mel Garraghan-Moore]

Cher & Sonny

A great short story featuring the wedding of Cher & Sonny, owners of the village pub. The whole of Tindledale comes together to rescue a wedding from the clutches of disaster.

[Shaifali Vohra]

I will give it a 4/5 stars because even though it was not that good as a read but still it was a wonderful summer read that I can ever go for in one sitting which is how I read this book in one sitting.

[CHRIS]

This story took only 37% of the book. The remaining 63% was a taster of another novel! The story was short and lacked any depth.

[Katie]

Very fun! Love the tinsdale stories

[Katrin]

A fun short escape to Tindledale! Lovely!

[Pat Langhelt]

Fab book lovely story

[Trish Hills]

Gorgeous and Fun!

This was such a lovely return to Tindledale and all my favourite characters! Cher and Sonny are adorable! I loved everything about this short story!

[Kirsty]

Great

This is the first Alex Brown book I have read but it will not be the last, love it so much

[Gill Croker]

very quick read. Sweet but predictable.

[Catherine Myers]

A quick read to boost my reading challenge target.

[Brenda Skerratt]

Great easy quick read.

[Caroline]

Loved this little book. Perfect short story to while away an hour!

[Les]

Not bad for a short read.

[R C GOODALL]

Brilliant read hard to put down.