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| Shire Hell | 
 enlarge | Author: Rachel Johnson
Publisher: Penguin
Category: Book
List Price: £6.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  14 reviews
Sales Rank: 9151
Media: Paperback
Pages: 320
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 7.7 x 5 x 0.9
ISBN: 0141035692
EAN: 9780141035697
ASIN: 0141035692
Publication Date: May 15, 2008
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
Condition: Dispatched from the UK Creased and lightly marked on cover and spine.
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 shire pleasure June 8, 2008
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
Read Notting Hell and loved it and was so glad to see the 'sequel'! I'm not even close to the have yachts and grab scraps of Boden at the NCT nearly new sale but find both books such delicious sheer escapism that it's impossible not to snap them up. I saw a quote from Jilly Cooper on the cover of Notting Hell and with Shire Hell it's hard not to imagine Rachel Johnson taking over from her as queen of the town and country menage-a-many. Perfect holiday reading, and a real treat for a harassed, credit-crunched mum-of-two. More please!
Shire fun June 3, 2008
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
Rachel has done it again. This time though she has transported her gang from W11 to rural Dorset. The plot is fun, the characters are well thought out and her desciptions are totally & utterly spot on. Rachel just "gets" the people. Shire Hell is an easy read. I loved it and thought it was better than Notting Hell. I live in W11 so I also get it. Do buy it it is a feel good read. Hoping your next offering is as good Rachel
S Garrett ( a fellow W11 Babe)
 Shire Hello! May 28, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
Rachel Johnson's latest novel takes the reader out of the hell of London, to the calmer environment of Dorset. This slowing of pace of life reflects a slightly less frantic pace than might be recognised from 'Notting Hell', and works immensely well, allowing us to get to know the characters far better this time. And what a lot there is to know.There are the deeply delicious descriptions of the lifestyle indulgences of food/ property and designer shopping.Not that this is simply a lightweight, frivolous read, the social commentary and human interaction make this novel the best of Johnson so far.
Notting Hell in the country May 17, 2008
2 out of 4 found this review helpful
Mimi and Ralph have sold their house in Notting Hill to Claire and have moved to Dorset. Mimi has a new best friend - Rose - whose hobbies are the domestic arts and chasing men. There are issues which divide the rich and the poor in the village. The post office is threatened with closure and one of the 'old money' landowners wants to put up a large wind turbine. Mimi wonders if she's pregnant. The conflicts between rich and poor, eco warriors and those who are profligate with the earth's resources are well realised.
I felt this book lacked the bite and wit of its predecessor. I couldn't quite see the people in the way I could with 'Notting Hell'. It was a good read, and interesting to see Ralph and Mimi again as well as brief visits from Virginie and Claire, but not quite up to the standard of 'Notting Hell' I felt.
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