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Aunt Dimity and the Wishing Well

Written by Nancy Atherton

Narrated by Teri Clark Linden

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When a strapping young Jack MacBride arrives in Finch to wrap up his late uncle’s affairs, heads turn in the sleepy English village. But when Lori volunteers to help Jack clear out his uncle’s overgrown garden, they discover something even more shocking than a stranger turning up in Finch. After Lori laughingly tosses a coin into the garden’s old well and makes a wish, she is baffled to find that the wish seems to have come true. Word spreads, and the villagers turn out in droves to make wishes of their own. But as they soon learn, one person’s wish is another person’s worst nightmare. As more and more wishes come true, Lori resolves to find out what’s really going on…with Aunt Dimity’s otherworldly help.
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Release dateApr 17, 2014
ISBN9781629234656
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Aunt Dimity and the Wishing Well
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Nancy Atherton

Nancy Atherton is the bestselling author of the Aunt Dimity mysteries. The first book in the series, Aunt Dimity's Death, was voted One of the Century's 100 Favorite Mysteries by the Independent Mystery Booksellers Association. She lives in Colorado Springs.

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  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    This was my first (unwitting) glimpse into the Aunt Dimity world - and what a sweet world it is! This book follows the classic be careful what you wish for story line, with a twist. A sweet setting, colorful characters, the only missing pieces may stem from the fact that Aunt Dimity and the Wishing Well is, in fact, a quite lengthy series. While it isn't the most stunning work of fiction, it was a lovely afternoon reprieve.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    A wishing well and wishes are center to this cozy mystery set in the Cotswolds. A wishing well, long covered by overgrown vines, comes to light along with a place the says 'Speak and your wish will be granted'.

    While helping newly arrived Australian, Jack MacBride, clear and clean up his late uncle's overgrown garden, Lori jokingly wishes for clear weather and her wish is granted the next day. This starts the parade of villagers to see the long closed off garden and surreptitiously make their wishes at the well. Wishes that are magically granted.

    Getting their wishes may make them happy, but some of the repercussions have the opposite effect and cause major upheavals within the tight knit village.

    How are these wishes being granted? Is the well really magical, or is there a puppeteer pulling strings and why. Questions without simple answers. Even mysterious Aunt Dimity can't answer them, but she can give Lori hints in an otherworldly way.

    I find I have an older book by Nancy Atherton on my shelves, from this series and am looking forward to reading it very soon.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    Another sweet installment in the Aunt Dimity series. This one is as light and frothy as a soap bubble. No angst at all. But it was a fast read and an enjoyable one as the characters are all very likable. I tolerate Lori, the chief protagonist because I like the books as a whole. She is getting to be too much a Mary Sue though.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    How do I really describe the Aunt Dimity books? They are marketed as paranormal mysteries, but these aren't murder mysteries (there might be one dead body in 19 books); there's always a "mystery" to be solved, but they are rarely of the criminal sort. These books are the cosiest of the cozies. Aunt Dimity and the Wishing Well kicks off at the funeral of a Finch resident; it's a packed house, but not because he was so well known and loved and not because he was such an active participant in the Finch community. The funeral is packed because he was the man nobody knew. Often seen about the small English village, but never welcoming of personal interaction, Hector's death and the arrival of his Australian nephew has left the small village agog and desperate for the gossip. Our MC, Lori, befriends the Aussie nephew, Jack and to paraphrase from the book summary: Lori volunteers to help Jack clear out his uncle’s overgrown garden, and they discover an old wishing well. After Lori laughingly makes a wish, she is baffled to find that the wish seems to have come true. Word spreads, and the villagers turn out to make wishes of their own. But as they soon learn, one person’s wish is another person’s worst nightmare and the village is thrown into chaos. As more and more wishes come true, Lori resolves to find out what’s really going on. Aunt Dimity is the paranormal element here, acting as guide and advisor to Lori, through a journal that allows the two to communicate. I've had a bit of a love/want-to-smack relationship with Lori over the series. She's mostly likeable and competent but she occasionally devolves into irrational and immature. Fortunately it happens less often with each book and almost not at all here. Lori is surrounded by a very colourful cast of characters both at home and throughout the village and they help even out those moments when Lori isn't at her best. Finding the truth behind the mysterious wishing well was interesting enough to keep me invested and connected to the story. Vivid writing made it all the more enjoyable to spend time in Finch watching people learn it's best to be careful what you wish for. This book, and this series as a whole is - there's no other word for it - delightful. Morality plays with happy endings for all, they are best read in front of a fire with a cup of steaming tea/coffee/cocoa and if possible, your favourite small stuffed animal nearby. However, I found myself on the couch under a blanket with iced tea and my cat curled up on my lap and that worked just as well. ;)
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    When introvert extraordinaire Hector Huggins dies, his nephew from Australia, Jack MacBride, comes to Finch to settle his estate – and makes it just in time to see his uncle lowered into his grave. Jack’s a hunky character and appears almost too good to be true. Bree Pym, a young friend of Lori Shepherd (series heroine), appears to everyone in Finch to be a suitable match for Jack. But Bree is skeptical about him, aiming pointed barbs at him at every turn. One of the tasks Uncle Hector assigns Jack is to make some sense of his overgrown garden before selling Ivy Cottage. Under the clutter of vines and plants, Jack finds a wishing well inscribe with the words, “Speak and your wish will be granted.” Before you know it, everyone in Finch is making the trek to Ivy Cottage to speak their heart’s desires. Then, even more amazingly, the wishes start coming true. Aunt Dimity and the Wishing Well is a cautionary tale about being careful of what you wish for. Predictable though it is, it’s – as usual – a delightful read. From page one, readers know the Aunt Dimity stories will have a happy and satisfying ending – unlike, for the most part, real life. But this excursion into a land where most people wish to do right, where even the most annoying people have a good side, and where happy endings abound is a joy. I love this series and look forward every spring to a new book.If Aunt Dimity weren’t a ghost, I’d say, “Long live Aunt Dimity.” But instead, I’ll say, “Long live Nancy Atherton.”