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The New Rector 

 (Tales from Turnham Malpas, book 1)

by

Rebecca ShawThe New Rector (1994)
(The first book in the Tales from Turnham Malpas series)
A novel by Rebecca Shaw

 
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The small, gossipy English village of Turnham Malpas is the real protagonist of this entertaining first novel about life among the mannered, self-conscious British from Easter to Christmas of one year. New to town is handsome married pastor Peter Harris, who soon will react to a rather selfish suicide, figure out who pulled some nasty pranks on the town spinster and solve the murder of a local schoolteacher. The narrative is filled with drama, though the most dramatic writing has less to do with homicide than with the neurosis surrounding so-called ''proper'' behavior. Isn't Suzy Meadows's dress, wonder the townspeople, a bit tight and flashy for a mourning widow? And who will occupy the murdered woman's house now that it's vacant? With understanding and sympathy, English writer Shaw captures the tradition-bound, rural sensibility of people who ordinarily mean well but who have trouble communicating with each other. Sending up the British stereotypes (the repressed spinster, the noble gardener) that Americans often relish, she seems to be writing with Yankee Anglophiles in mind.

Genre: Romance
 
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Hardback Editions

March 1996 : Hardback
Title: The New Rector (Ulverscroft Large Print)
Author(s): Rebecca Shaw
ISBN: 0-7089-3493-5 / 978-0-7089-3493-7 (UK edition)
Publisher: Ulverscroft Large Print Books Ltd
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December 1995 : Hardback
Title: The New Rector: Unabridged
Author(s): Rebecca Shaw
ISBN: 1-86042-094-X / 9781860420948 (UK edition)
Publisher: Soundings Ltd
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May 1994 : Hardback
Title: The New Rector (Tales from Turnham Malpas)
Author(s): Rebecca Shaw
ISBN: 1-85797-555-3 / 9781857975550 (UK edition)
Publisher: Orion
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Paperback Editions

2010 : Paperback
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March 2008 : Paperback
Cover of ISBN: 0752827502Title: The New Rector (Tales from Turnham Malpas)
Author(s): Rebecca Shaw
ISBN: 0-7528-2750-2 / 978-0-7528-2750-6 (UK edition)
Publisher: Orion
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2006 : Paperback
Title: The New Rector
Author(s): Rebecca Shaw
Publisher: Falcon
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January 2005 : Mass Market Paperback
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Publisher: Orion
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2005 : Mass Market Paperback
Cover of ISBN: 189880107XTitle: The New Rector
Author(s): Rebecca Shaw
ISBN: 1-898801-07-X / 9781898801078 (UK edition)
Publisher: Orion
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2000 : Paperback
Title: The New Rector (Tales from Turnham Malpas)
Author(s): Rebecca Shaw
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January 1996 : Paperback
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1996 : Paperback
Cover of ISBN: 185799731XTitle: The New Rector
Author(s): Rebecca Shaw
ISBN: 1-85799-731-X / 9781857997316 (UK edition)
Publisher: Orion
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November 1995 : Mass Market Paperback
Cover of ISBN: 0752800086Title: The New Rector (Tales from Turnham Malpas)
Author(s): Rebecca Shaw
ISBN: 0-7528-0008-6 / 978-0-7528-0008-0 (UK edition)
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Paperback
Title: The New Rector
Author(s): Rebecca Shaw
ISBN: 1-4072-1335-0 / 978-1-4072-1335-4 (UK edition)
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Other Editions

December 2010 : Kindle edition
Cover of ISBN: B004KKXJ8GTitle: The New Rector (Turnham Malpas 01)
Author(s): Rebecca Shaw
Publisher: Orion
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