Mary Brown receives an invitation to a funeral. But she has absolutely no idea who the deceased is. She’s told that he invited her on his deathbed, and he’s very keen for her to attend, so she heads off to a dilapidated old farm house in a remote part of Wales. When she gets there she discovers that only five other people have been invited to the funeral. None of them knows who he is either.NO … either.
NO ONE GOING TO THIS FUNERAL HAS EVER HEARD OF THE DECEASED. WHAT IS GOING ON??
Then they are told that they have 20 hours to work out why they have been invited in order to inherit a million pounds.
Who is this guy and why are they there? And what of the ghostly goings on in the ancient old building?
Featuring Mary Brown, star of the Adorable Fat Girl series of books, in her greatest adventure yet.
This book was previously issued as ‘Adorable Fat Girl and the Mysterious Invitation’
This is a stand alone book. It can be read without having read any of the earlier books.
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Marvelous Mary Brown and the Mysterious Invitation – This is my first read by this author. I liked and disliked the story. At first I did not care for Mary, although humor was attempted in describing Mary’s thoughts and behavior, she came across as a glutton. At the end of the story, I liked her.
I found the story intriguing and the characters interesting and most were easy to care about. R. C. was a character; his wicked humor in the gathering of the invited and the results he desired was well thought out and funny.
Unfortunately, this author has a problem with capitalizing proper nouns, especially the names for parents used by children. When this obvious attack on parents of several generations began, I do not know but it shows shows disrespect and prejudice against the family unit, which is ironic since R. C.’s gay status is the foundation of this story.
I forgot where I found this book. 4*
I loved this book! This is the first book I have read by this author and cannot wait to read more! looking forward to the follow up book to this story! Lots of complex and interesting characters. this book kept my attention and I could not put it down! A must read!!!
I really liked this book can’t wait to read more books from this author. It makes think about how through the ages people see things and how we should treat others loved it. Everyone should read this book. I loved the eulogy Mary gave it was spot on.
Favorite Quotes:
“I met a yogi, banged my head, lay there as some bloke’s tackle fell out of his shorts when he was coming down from downward dog, then came home again.” … “What about the bloke with the runaway testicles?”
He indicated the seat next to him and put the phone on the table in front of us, clicking it onto loudspeaker. We leaned over it like the French resistance and Ted dialed the number.
I am a size 22, I convince myself that I’m 20 but since I can’t get into clothes that are size 20, it’s an entirely inaccurate conviction.
At Llanelli station I was the only person to get off the train, and I stepped onto the deserted platform like I was in some film from wartime… I was half waiting for the steam to clear to reveal my family, running towards me to greet me after I’d been away at war for years.
My Review:
The Adorable Fat Girl series is indeed just that, Mary Brown is sweet, adorable, and a ton of good fun. And so are the scribblings of her talented creator, Bernice Bloom. I am totally enamored with the both of them. There was a mystery afoot and the taxi driver transporting Mary to the funeral was a tad confused and introduced her as Miss Marple upon arrival. Mary didn’t have a chance of solving the intriguing and well-crafted conundrum, but neither did anyone else. Mary’s sincere attempts and wry observations were highly amusing and entertaining. And joy, I have two additions to my Brit Word List with faffing about – dithering or wasting time, and bender – slang for a male homosexual.