Guess what day it is?? You guessed it!— Furrowed Middlebrow Friday! Yay! 🥳
Since the sun is finally shining (after two full months of almost constant rain 😱☔️), it's the perfect time to share my review of A Pink Front Door by Stella Gibbons republished by Dean Street Press! 😍🌸🚪
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It's hard to describe how I felt about this book. I really liked it, but the story also had a strange mixture of lively, social sections and quiet, introspective parts. These inner thoughts were my least favorite—they confused me a bit, even though there was nothing actually to be confused about. I believe they were supposed to give you insight into the mind of a particular character and explain why they were acting they way they were. But, sadly, I didn't really find them all that helpful or interesting.
For the most part, I enjoyed reading about the married life of Daisy (a martyr of unquenchable energy trying to help her down-and-out friends...or even strangers...at any time of day or night) and James Muir (her long-suffering husband who misses having a wife to pay attention to him). Each chapter delves into Daisy's next "case" while she tries her best to rope in both friends and family to help her find homes and jobs for people that "need help". Meanwhile, when not working or taking care of their baby son, James Too (which I thought was such a cute nickname!), James is losing patience with this crazy life and has just about had enough of being the last on Daisy's list.
Daisy's constant activity (flurrying here and there) is fun to read about, but also frustrating when it comes to the seemingly ungrateful people who are taking away all of the time and energy from her little family. Daisy's father, aunt and cousin all play a small part in the drama of her life—though, mostly, they try to avoid being a part of her next "scheme".
The final straw comes when Daisy tries to find a home in Mrs. Cavendish's icy, impoverished mansion for her old friend, Don ("the Hulk"), his dissatisfied wife and his quiet, hungry children. After that, things really ramp up in craziness.
If the more detailed, introspective sections could have been slightly reduced in length, I would have given this book an even better rating. (At times, it seemed like those sections were written by another author 😱)
Overall, I thought this was an entertaining, occassionally very funny, and (in the end) very satisfying novel. I believe I would read it again!
Thank you so much, Victoria, for sending this book to me!! 🥰💓💓
The praise A Pink Front Door received (noted on the DSP website) is absolutely perfect:
‘As usual Stella Gibbons tells a good story, combining a sharp eye for absurdities with pity for poor humans’ —Birmingham Post
**Have you read this book? What did you think? Let me know in the comments if you are a Stella Gibbons fan! If so, do you have a favorite title? I'd love to know!**
Many thanks to Michelle (@myelecticshelf on Instagram) for the adorable, handmade pink felted mouse and to Caro (@carosbookcase on Instagram) and her husband for the beautiful, hand carved tulip! I love them both!😊🐭💖🌷
Wishing you a wonderful weekend, friends! I'm hoping to share a birthday post very soon with all of the amazing book gifts I've received—May was so awesome! 😍💝✨
Tons of love and hugs!! 💕🌸🤗🌸💕
P.S. Even though I have a pale turquoise front door (not a pink one), I wanted to share a photo of our gorgeous rhododendron bushes! The rain seems to have had one benefit...TRIPLE the blooms this spring. Yipppee!
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