Written by Alex Brown

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Published by	HarperCollins 5 Jun. 2019
Genre	Contemporary short story
Pages	93
ASIN	B00ZK2NA2S

In June 2019 I downloaded a free copy of The Great Summer Sewing Bee, drawn in by the blurb and attractive cover.

The blurb:

The Great Summer Sewing Bee

Cher, the landlady of the Duck & Puddle pub in the picturesque village of Tindledale is getting married to her fiancé, Clive, aka Sonny. When disaster strikes, threatening to ruin Cher’s wedding, her best friend, Sybil comes up with a plan. Can the villagers and the sew solid crew from Hettie’s House of Haberdashery and their Singer sewing machines save the big day to give Cher her perfect, country wedding?

Contemporary Story Short Story Fiction

My thoughts:

The Great Summer Sewing Bee is by a new-to-me author Alex Brown. I started this in April 2024 but unfortunately I struggled to get into this story; it just did not pull me in. I left it for a while and came back to it thinking I hadn't been in the mood for that kind of story when I originally started it, but very quickly decided it just wasn't for me.

I did manage to finish the story but did not bother with the extract from A Postcard from Italy.

Edited 8th February 2026 I opened my kindle app and it opened halfway through The Great Summer Sewing Bee. Not realising I'd started a new story, A Postcard from Italy, I carried on reading and was really enjoying it when it stopped leaving me wanting more. I've now added A Postcard from Italy to mu wish list.