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Wonderful cookbook that i reach for over and over again.. there is a reason why my homemade Gnocchi are so tasty! and i have Lidia to thank for it..

Lori has not heard from her (dead) Aunt Dimity for two years; since Lori and Bill got married and went back to the States. But that marriage is having some problems – Bill’s aunts keep harassing Lori about the fact that she’s not pregnant yet, and Bill has been burying himself in work and emotionally pulling away from Lori. So she convinces him they need a second honeymoon at the lovely, magical English cottage she inherited from Aunt Dimity. When it’s time to leave, Bill has a work emergency, and Lori goes off on her 2nd honeymoon with her father-in-law! Shortly after they arrive, father-in-law William disappears on a mysterious errand, leaving a very cryptic note behind, and Dimity leaves her own note, saying that she and Reginald the Bunny are traveling with him. Lori is convinced that this has something to do with the British branch of the Willis family, so what else can she do but try to track him down?! Off she goes in pursuit, with 12-year-old Nell and Bertie the Bear as her companions and assistants. Nell is an absolute delight, with a creative, inventive, and devious mind! We meet all the British relatives, and Lori seems to be always an hour or two late in catching up to William, who turns out to be pretty devious himself. Dimity does her part to keep Lori on track, but where is Bill?! Never fear – this marriage was meant to be!

Mary Lawson's descriptions of rural Canada during the early and mid-20th century are filled with the painful longing for more and the deep passion for roots that seems intrinsic to all poor, working-class, farming, regions in North America. Her works make me homesick.