The story captures every smallest awkward moments in the daily lives of the middle-aged, unmarried Harriet and Belinda Bede and I find that aspect delightful. There is an undertone of melancholy in this book, something that possibly implies how the two main characters feel about their own situations as spinsters. I love hearing their thoughts on the so-called trivial matters - clothes, meals, weird and awkward stuff other characters say and do...