The Something Girl

Name: The Something Girl
Author: Jodi Taylor
ISBN: 9781472264374

Frogmorton Farm · Novel 2 · 2017

Jenny and Russell have made a life at Frogmorton Farm, though money remains scarce and the roof still needs attention.

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What it’s about

Jenny and Russell have made a life at Frogmorton Farm, though money remains scarce and the roof still needs attention. A troublesome group of Patagonian Attack Chickens is about to add to their responsibilities.

Jenny can recognise how much has changed since she was treated as the Nothing Girl, but happiness does not remove every reason for caution. A familiar figure appears wherever she goes, resembling her cousin Christopher, whose earlier departure from the farm was hardly friendly.

The Something Girl returns to the Checklands’ home with domestic disorder and a possible intrusion from Jenny’s past. The question is whether the life she now values is about to face an old problem again.

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Can I start here?

This is book 2 in its series. Start with the first novel for its clearest introduction.

Reader questions

Do I need to read the earlier books first?

Yes. Read the preceding novel before this novel, which is book 2 in its own sequence. This keeps the returning characters’ introductions in order. The official chronology separates each fictional world. Follow this series’ numbered route to keep your reading sequence clear.

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Who narrates the The Something Girl audiobook?

Lucy Price-Lewis reads the linked UK edition of this novel. Check the exact recording when choosing an audiobook. The product page identifies its narrator and edition together. The narrator credit belongs to this particular recording. Other editions can have different performers, so compare them before choosing.

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Where this fits

This is the second Frogmorton Farm novel, following The Nothing Girl. Read Little Donkey between them if you want the intervening short story. The later shorter visits Joy to the World and Storm Christopher are listed separately in the Farm route.

Begin with Jenny’s first novel for the background to her marriage and the people connected with her past.

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Why readers love it

Our view

the sequel’s appeal is the chance to revisit Jenny after her first decision to change her life. The premise retains the farm’s practical difficulties rather than presenting belonging as the end of every problem.

The chickens supply an unmistakably comic image, while the possible return of Christopher introduces a different kind of concern. We would choose this for readers who want continuing domestic relationships and a home worth protecting.

It is also a good reason to read The Nothing Girl first: the contrast between Jenny’s earlier isolation and her current circumstances matters more than the novelty of another farmyard calamity.

Listening notes

The linked Lucy Price-Lewis recording is unabridged and lasts seven hours and fifty-nine minutes. It is noticeably shorter than The Nothing Girl’s nine-hour-forty-seven-minute edition. Together, those two novel recordings total seventeen hours and forty-six minutes, before adding any Farm shorts.

Choose the separate Little Donkey audio if you follow the suggested expanded route; it is not included within this sequel’s runtime.