Title: Mixed Blessings
Description: For Venus Stanton, the attractive young vicar of Thurston, life could not be better. Venus is to marry Nigel, the doctor from the local practice. Her eleven-year old daughter Becky, after some misgivings, has accepted the idea and there is a joyous ceremony at the church, after which the happy pair set off for honeymoon in France. On their return, they try to settle down to their new life, but Venus soon finds that marriage, motherhood and her priestly duties do not always go together.
Subjects: Village communities, Women clergy, Fiction