Barbara Pym was one of those authors that didn't write of fast paced plots or even deep plots (in my opinion) but instead, a simple story with very well developed characters. Excellent Women is another fine example of this.
Set in the 1950's England, Pym (as she usually does) writes of an unmarried (spinster they called it then) woman in her early 30's (would we be spinsters at 30 in todays society LOL) and her relationships in and around the church. These are not preachy books by any means and are often filled with somewhat dark humor making the reader wonder what the author really thought of the "church" in the earlier part of the last century.
"Mildred Lathbury is a cleryman's daughter and a spinster in the England of the 1950's, one of those 'excellent women' who tend to get involved in other people's lives-such as those of her new neighbor, Rockingham, and the vicar next door."
I think this is tied with Crampton Hodnet for my favorite read by Barbara Pym.
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