Mrs England: The award-winning Sunday Times bestseller from the winner of the Women's Prize Futures Award

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Ruby is concerned for the family as a whole but as strange events start to occur, Ruby feels quite isolated. The other servants ignore her and she’s not sure who she can trust. Ruby has secrets of her own and is desperate that the events from her mysterious past don’t catch up with her. Mrs England by Stacey Halls Review: My Opinion At what point did you suspect it might be Mr England and not Mrs England that Nurse May needed to watch out for?

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I had read Ms. Halls' book THE LOST ORPHAN/THE FOUNDLING and thoroughly enjoyed her writing style and story line. Ruby May è una giovane bambinaia per famiglie altolocate, diplomata in un prestigioso istituto dove ha voluto studiare con tutte le sue forze. Il lavoro è la sua vita, i bambini di cui si occupa il suo unico orizzonte, e sappiamo che ha una famiglia a casa, fratelli che ama molto, ma che non va a trovare da anni. Lassan csordogáló történet, amihez apránként kapunk információt May dadus gyerekkoráról, családjáról. Ugyan akkor, így válik világossá miért olyan Mrs. England, mint amilyen. Mire a könyv végére érünk minden kiderül. De az olvasó képzeletére van bízva, kinek milyen irányba fordul az élete. A enthralling portrait of an Edwardian marriage, set against the atmospheric landscape of West Yorkshire. Doamna England” m-a atras de cum i-am văzut coperta și nu a dezamăgit! Aș fi vrut poate mai mult în anumite locuri, dar tot este un titlu pe care-l recomand cititorilor de ficțiune istorică și mystery!Mrs England is the third book from historical fiction writer Stacey Halls. I read and love both The Familiars and The Foundling, so this was an incredibly anticipated release for me. The story follows Nurse Ruby May a graduate of the Norland Institute. When she is forced to leave her position she knows she needs to find another as soon as possible. When the opportunity comes up to be a nurse to the four England children, Ruby takes the position immediately. When she arrives in Yorkshire she soon finds things aren’t right with the family. Mrs England is detached and mysterious, and the servants won’t talk to her. As Ruby spends more time with the family, she uncovers more than she could possibly imagine. Along with everything else, Mr. England was subtly controlling, and Mrs. England was quiet as a mouse. Mrs. England seemed to be afraid of her husband, and Ruby saw cigar burns on her hands.

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Ruby May was worried about taking care of four children, but the children should not have been her main concern. An eerie, dangerous landscape, a wealthy family, a children’s nurse, a controlling husband, and characters with secrets greet us in this delicious, Gothic novel. In 1904, Ruby May is looking for a fresh start and accepts a position in Yorkshire as a children’s nurse for the Englands, a wealthy couple who live in the isolated Hardcastle House. Although she builds a connection with the three children, something doesn’t seem quite right with the servants or between Mr. and Mrs. England. My Thoughts:Norland stipulates that if their graduates lose three positions, they will no longer be considered Norland nurses. This puts pressure on Nurse May to succeed at her next position which is with the Englands in Yorkshire. Mr. England is a mill owner and there are four children in the family, Rebecca, Saul, Millie, and one year old Charley. I love how Halls brings the children and the nursery to life. All the chores Nurse May has to accomplish, washing and dressing the children, cleaning the nursery, noting how all their clothing fits them badly and how all but Charley needs new shoes, and being entertainer in chief. She’s always mending, playing, supervising walks, teaching, and available. As the eldest of five, Nurse May’s experience with her own siblings puts her at an advantage. It isn’t long before she notices that Mrs. England doesn’t visit the children often, and when she takes the children to the drawing room for daily visits, Mrs. England always seems uneasy with them. . . This was highly enjoyable from start to finish. I am always drawn to stories involving nannies and the children they care for. This novel included everything I love in a historical mystery. It carried a constant air of foreboding tension and suspense. The pace and flow kept me fully engaged and invested. The atmosphere was palpable and had me consumed and engrossed. I loved the family estate and forested lands that surrounded it - the author did a phenomenal job making the setting part of the intensity of the story. The characters were fantastic! I was curious and had my suspicions about each of them. I especially loved Ruby who I connected with immediately. For a holiday in Greece without leaving home, the Charmian Clift reissues couldn’t have come at a better time. Eclipsed in her lifetime by her writer husband George Johnston and forever after by her connection to Leonard Cohen (whose talent the couple fostered in the 1960s on Hydra), she makes the best travelling companion. In Mermaid Singing she describes her family’s first year in Greece, on the then impoverished sponge-fishing island of Kalymnos, and in Peel Me a Lotus she charts, with acid wit and moments of brilliant existential clarity, the infancy of a bohemian community before mass tourism changed the islands for ever. My Year in Nonfiction 2023 #NonficNov #NonfictionNovember #NonfictionBookParty #bookblogger #blogger