Overview
When Lettys lover, Anne, sets off for an American lecture tour, Letty prepares for a mournful few weeks alone on the farm, with only her chickens for company. But her solitude is shattered by the sudden appearance of a strange woman in her kitchen, accompanied by a wild but appealing five-year-old. Before she knows it, their troubles are hers, and Letty is caught up in a sequence of bizarre events. Why has a charismatic lesbian politician suddenly disappeared? Why is Lettys gorgeous ex-lover Julia in jail? What has it got to do with the top lesbian singer recently in town? And what is on the videotape that almost costs Letty her life? Library Journal called Alma Fritchleys first novel, Chicken Run, "a satisfying little English village cozyevocative of warmth, charm, and intimacy." Booklist hailed it as "a witty, graceful debut."Synopsis
When Lettys lover, Anne, sets off for an American lecture tour, Letty prepares for a mournful few weeks alone on the farm, with only her chickens for company. But her solitude is shattered by the sudden appearance of a strange woman in her kitchen, accompanied by a wild but appealing five-year-old. Before she knows it, their troubles are hers, and Letty is caught up in a sequence of bizarre events. Why has a charismatic lesbian politician suddenly disappeared? Why is Lettys gorgeous ex-lover Julia in jail? What has it got to do with the top lesbian singer recently in town? And what is on the videotape that almost costs Letty her life? Library Journal called Alma Fritchleys first novel, Chicken Run, "a satisfying little English village cozyevocative of warmth, charm, and intimacy." Booklist hailed it as "a witty, graceful debut."
Library Journal
While lover Anne is away on an American lecture tour, Letty becomes involved in the dangerous tribulations of a woman and child who appear on the doorstep of her bucolic British chicken farm. A charming, lightweight sequel to Chicken Run (LJ 6/1/98).