Searching For Sandra: A Novella - Book 3 of The Hummingbird House series by Jane Harvey - Novelist

 Engaging, Intriguing, Entertaining

Genre: Contemporary Fiction
Searching For Sandra: A Novella - Book 'Three of The Hummingbird House' series by Jane Harvey - Novelist 🔑 👱‍♀️👩‍🦳
Sandra had always been a free spirit never one to stay in one place for very long, hated to feel restricted in her choices (which could be fairly transitory, but then it was the 1960's) and objected to anyone who attempted to limit her boundaries. How then, would they all have expected her to react to this confining, life altering change? She wasn't even certain of how she felt, let alone entertaining the thought of sharing her muddled thoughts with others.
The real trouble with Sandra was, that, the event in 1969, hadn't appeared to have taught her anything, and some 55 years later, her default was still to deal with her troubles inwardly and introspectively. She had always been that way, not giving thought to others concerns, but not wanting to be an encumbrance.....it was therefore, her son who felt the responsibility of his mother's inability to cope with life's challenges independently, and yet her complete ability to shut everyone out.....
Book Three is as evident from the title, focused mainly on Sandra, but also events in the lives of other characters. I had been really looking forward to this instalment after the bombshell dropped at the end of book two. However, although it was as delightful as ever to return to this fabulous series, and the group of assorted characters who I have come to love reading about each month, this book didn't quite hit the spot like the first two. This could have been because it was a Novella as apposed to a Novel. I enjoy the in-depth feel of a chunky read and feel that I only skim the surface of a story with anything less. Maybe it was because there were various changes introduced within Hummingbird House, such as new dynamics in the casts circumstances and associations. I've never been one for change in the real world, and apparently I struggle with it in Fiction too. However it was good to get a little more insight into Rosie and Joy, and I was pleased with the end, and that Jonty's decision not to leave his mother in her current circumstances, was solved in a much more creative way than originally suggested, solving not one, but two predicaments. I also continue to love the bond between Betty and her two long standing wonderfully entertaining male tenants. 👱👦
I am certainly intent on reading The Hummingbird House series for as long as Jane wants to keep writing it, and look forward to the next book which I believe is also a Novella. I have also just read that there is a notebook related to the series which I shall be purchasing!! 🙆🏻‍♀️

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