If you love charming English village life, eccentric characters, and the kind of quiet, cozy storytelling that slowly reveals its delicious humor… you must read Miss Plum and Miss Penny by Dorothy Evelyn Smith. Miss Penny, a contented spinster with a perfectly run home and just the right amount of social entanglement, rescues Miss Plum from a duck pond and her life turns upside down from that moment on. What follows is a whirlwind of comic mishaps, uncomfortable social graces, and some deeply relatable moments about protecting one's hard-won peace 🫖🌧️ If you’re a fan of Barbara Pym or The Diary of a Provincial Lady, this will be right up your alley. Have you read it? Or do you have a favorite charming-yet-dark village tale to recommend? DailyConnoisseurReads ModernVintageReads CozyBooks BookishLifestyle LTKSeasonal LTKHome LTKTravel