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Book review: Mr Doubler Begins Again

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By Seni Glaister Published by HQ   Synopsis: Baked, mashed, boiled or fried, Mr Doubler knows his potatoes. But the same can’t be said for people. Since he lost his wife, he’s been on his own at Mirth Farm – and that suits Doubler just fine. Crowds are for other people; the only company he needs are his potato plants and his housekeeper, Mrs Millwood, who visits every day. So when Mrs Millwood is taken ill, it ruins everything – and Mr Doubler begins to worry that he might have lost his way. But could the kindness of strangers be enough to bring him down from the hill? How did this book end up in my hands? I was part of the blog tour for this book at the beginning of the year and I received a copy in exchange of my honest opinion. Was it a page-turner? This is an extremely sweet book and I enjoyed taking my time to read it as it allowed me to get to know the characters better than if I had rushed through it, missing all their nuanced personality traits. Having read...

Blog tour: Mr Doubler Begins Again

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Welcome to my date on the Mr Doubler Begins Again blog tour! I am so happy to be part of this and to be able to introduce you all to this incredibly heart-warming and inspiring novel, which was published by HQ on January 24th. I will soon be sharing my thoughts more in depth in a separate review but today I have something special… a Q&A with the author herself, Seni Glaister ! Hi Seni! First of all, I would like to congratulate you on the publication of Mr Doubler Begins Again ! Can you please briefly tell us what it is about? A: Thank you!   The novel is the story of an isolated potato grower whose only real contact with the world is through his daily lunches with his housekeeper, Mrs Millwood. But it is only when she stops visiting that he realises how much he depends on her companionship. The novel explores themes of friendship, legacy, family and, yes, new beginnings. Did you have the plot entirely figured out when you started writing the book or did it take ...