A Village In A Valley: Beverley Nichols

Book III of the Allways trilogy. Down The Garden Path and A Thatched Roof  focused on his own cottage and yard (and cats!), this book expands outward into the village of Allways (Glatton). He describes describe the quiet lanes, local gossip, country drama, and quirky personalities inhabiting the rural English countryside as well as passionate, witty commentary about flowers, landscape design, and ornamentals throughout the community observations. there's  colorful local figures, domestic frustrations, and humorous community interactions in this comforting portrait of interwar rural English society.