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This is one of D.E. Stevenson's best works, in my opinion. It is a homey, heartwarming story in which Mrs. Tim must leave her husband in Africa and face the dreaded aeroplane flight all alone, as well as the daunting task of finding a house and fending off a bullying landlady, but Tony takes her under his wing and then, it's only a matter of finding out why there are no more letters from Tim....


Tags : Mrs. Tim Flies Home [D.E. Stevenson] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Mrs. Tim flies home from Africa after a prolonged stay with her husband after the war's end. She rents a house in Old Quinings and unravels a mystery about her house and the town schoolteacher. She also traps a human bull by the horns. Hester's children are growing into adults and she discovers that a friend is romantically interested in her daughter Betty. This is the fourth installment of D.E. Stevenson's pseudo biography character Hester.,D.E. Stevenson,Mrs. Tim Flies Home,Holt, Rinehart and Winston,0030131715

Mrs Tim Flies Home DE Stevenson 9780030131714 Books Reviews

I should be very, very sad; after all, this is the final Mrs. Tim book. However, author D.E. Stevenson does such a wonderful job entertaining the reader that the book is over before one has the chance to turn melancholy.

In this (fourth or fifth, depending on whether one counts Golden Days Further Leaves from Mrs. Tim's Journal as half of Mrs. Tim Christie or a stand-alone) novel, Hester Christie comes to the English countryside to await her husband's return from Kenya, where he is currently stationed. She rents a house in the backwater village of Old Quinings -- called The Small House after a home in an Anthony Trollope novel -- from a harridan named Olivia Stoude. This rude, greedy woman inherited the house from her kindly step-mother, the beloved Lorna Stroude, who built The Small House. Hester meets some wonderful new people, such as Susan Morven, a pretty young girl saddened by her parents' rocky marriage; Anne Carlyle, the learned but awkward spinster who's schoolmistress and librarian in Old Quinings; and the malicious Miss Crease, who lives next door. She also is reunited with old friends Tony Morley, now a general, and Annie and Fred Bollings.

All of the Mrs. Tim Christie novels are magnificent, but, in this one, there's more action than usual as wagging tongues malign Hester as an adulteress, several romances are kindled, and a missing valuable letter penned by Lord Byron goes missing. That the resolution will reward the good and give the wicked their comeuppance, while foreordained, still contains a twist or two.

However, as with the other Mrs. Tim books, the real pleasure remains in enjoying the characters. Whether the detestable Miss Stroude, the shy but loyal "Hedgehog" Edgeburton or the lovable but mischievous MacDougall twins, Stevenson makes her characters into living, breathing folks who feel you really know. Even in novels where not much happens, such as Mrs. Tim Gets a Job, it doesn't really matter Stevenson paints the everyday situations as so humorous or interesting that nothing else matters.

Readers would be best served to start with the first book, Mrs. Tim of the Regiment A Novel (Bloomsbury Group), also published as Mrs. Tim Christie. But the final volume, Mrs. Tim Flies Home, proves a fabulous capstone to a memorable series.
I'm so happy to own this novel.
The Mrs. Tim series is my favorite of all of DE Stevenson's books. This is the last book in the series and very enjoyable. For Stevenson fans, I highly recommend this series, but you probably already know that! -)
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I've read my copy of this book so often, this is a replacement! Seriously, D.E.Stevenson novels are ones that are very re-readable...there's always something to think about.
THis is the final book in the series about Mrs. Tim Christie and is as wonderful as the preceding 3 books in the series.Read them in
order.
I love the Mrs. Tim books and I really like DE Stevenson's writing.
This is one of D.E. Stevenson's best works, in my opinion. It is a homey, heartwarming story in which Mrs. Tim must leave her husband in Africa and face the dreaded aeroplane flight all alone, as well as the daunting task of finding a house and fending off a bullying landlady, but Tony takes her under his wing and then, it's only a matter of finding out why there are no more letters from Tim....