From her entry:
I recently finished An Artful Dodge, by the brilliant Karen Odden. If you’re looking for impeccably researched historical fiction, mesmerizing characters you’ll fall in love with, and a compelling story you can’t put down, look no further. This was a fascinating dive into Victorian London and a ring of women thieves, Kit Jimeson is my favorite new heroine. Fingers crossed her...[read on]About The Pilgrimage of Primrose Honeychurch, from the publisher:
From the author of Death of a Flying Nightingale comes the moving story of a solitary seventy-year-old curmudgeon embracing the connection of family and daring to follow her dreams.Visit Laura Jensen Walker's website.
Primrose Honeychurch doesn’t really “get” people. Books, though, make perfect sense.
At seventy, the sharp-tongued recluse prefers to keep company with her own routines. But when a life-altering diagnosis leaves her worried she’ll never bemissed, she decides it’s finally time to do something to leave her mark: something no one will ever forget.
Clutching her mother’s ashes and the book of her heart, Primrose hops on a plane, bound for Hay-on-Wye, the legendary Welsh “Town of Books.” Unfortunately, her literary pilgrimage just won’t follow the plot. After an accident derails her trip, she finds herself staying awhile with estranged family. But she senses a kindred spirit in the niece she’s getting to know, who uncannily understands the world much the same as Primrose herself does.
As rolling green hills and book-lined streets frame an unexpected season of discovery, what began as an unwelcome detour becomes something more profound. For the first time in her life, Primrose begins to glimpse the beauty―and courage―of true human connection.
My Book, The Movie: The Alphabet Sleuths.
Q&A with Laura Jensen Walker.
The Page 69 Test: The Alphabet Sleuths.
Writers Read: Laura Jensen Walker (February 2026).
My Book, The Movie: The Postmistress of Puddlington.
The Page 69 Test: The Postmistress of Puddlington.
My Book, The Movie: The Pilgrimage of Primrose Honeychurch.
Writers Read: Laura Jensen Walker.
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