- Hardcover: 326 pages
- Publisher: St. Martin's Press (August 2003)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0312317689
- ISBN-13: 978-0312317683
- Product Dimensions: 24.3 x 16.4 x 2.8 cm
- Shipping Weight: 608 g
- Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #2,124,662 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Jenny, the heroine in Fforde's latest offering, is a highly skilled and organized "virtual assistant" who, although she has never met the people she works for, manages whatever odd task is presented to her, including going to Scotland to assess the viability of a family-owned woolen mill and, if necessary, see to its dismantling. But her true skill is sorting out other people's lives, and as she becomes enamored of the place and the people, she finds herself developing innovative suggestions to keep the mill running. Having left behind a live-in boyfriend whose annoying ways become more apparent at a distance, she encounters a mystery man with animal magnetism who she finds hard to resist despite his tendency to bring out the shrew in her. In the process of doing her job, she also cooks, baby-sits, and solves the problems of the lovelorn, including herself. Although a bit more frenetic and zany than her previous efforts, Fforde's new book is stylishly entertaining and lighthearted. Danise Hoover
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Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved
Review
Jenny Porter, a 'virtual assistant', spends her life sorting out other people's problems. But when one of her clients asks her to go to Scotland to do a little hands-on investigation into a woollen mill he has a financial interest in, it doesn't turn out to be the working holiday she hoped for. Not only does her role at Dalmain House include rather a lot of unexpected tasks - of which the cooking is the least taxing - she also finds herself charmed into helping run 'The Homely Haggis', a mobile burger bar. But it's when her abrasive customer, Ross Grant, turns out to be someone she can genuinely talk to that she really gets confused. And when Jenny finds herself torn between loyalty to her client and letting down the people of Drumossie, her problem-stretching skills are stretched to the limit. A cleverly written, well-characterised novel.
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1.0 out of 5 stars
She's done so much better,
By ktlib "ktlib" (Easton, PA USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Highland Fling (Hardcover)
Katie Fforde's work is generally so much better than this annoying effort. The heroine's choices make NO sense, her motivations are childish in the extreme, and the whole book seems sloppy. Fforde's editor needs to work a little harder.
4.0 out of 5 stars
Does just what it says on the label .....,
By Susan Smith (A small rural village in the English Midlands) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Highland Fling (Hardcover)
If you like easy to read, but skilfully written holiday novels, then this is for you! It does just what it says on the label - entertains and amuses and is perfect for the beach or a plane journey.It's the story of a "virtual assistant" (e.g. on-line secretary) who is sent to the far north of the Scottish Highlands in the cold and snow of the early winter to sort out a failing woollen mill. Our heroine encounters a cast of characters who range from the sensible to the sublimely impossible and, of course, she has a silly boyfriend whom she eventually dumps for a rich, sexy, gorgeous businessman. Fforde's stories are always a pleasure: not great literature but very satisfying escapist reads. This is another one to enjoy whilst downing a pina colada on the beach!
2.0 out of 5 stars
I had to skim to the end,
By A Customer
This review is from: Highland Fling (Paperback)
I have read several other books by Katie Fforde and expected to enjoy this one. I should have left it on the shelf. It is dull and predictable and full of slightly annoying characters. Twas no fun at all...
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