Encouraging you to read some Barbara Pym

Barbara Pym's novels focus on the lives of women and village life in England.  Many of her novels are set in the '50s and '60s - she died in 1980 and her last novel was set in that time period.  They are studies of the internal lives of (mostly) women, and I find them soothing and funny.  There are lots of vicar's wives, spinsters, academics and writers - struggling to understand their relationships with each other, the culture, the church.  There has been a lot written about Barbara Pym - dig around online to find articles like this one from the guardian.  Her books are available for very little on Amazon - used hardbacks are 3 or 4 dollars.  Or of course, free from the library!