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Farewell, Thrush Green "Celebrations at Thrush Green", "Year at Thrush Green" by Miss Read
Category: Fiction
This omnibus edition contains "Celebrations at Thrush Green" and "The Year at Thrush Green", bringing the "Thrush" story to an end. Extracts from "The World of Thrush Green" are included which reveal the true-life background to Miss Read's stories.
Farewell to Fairacre: The eleventh novel in the Fairacre series by Miss Read
Category: Fiction | Series: Fairacre Ser.
Miss Read must face the future in another delightful slice of village life... Now that Fairacre school no longer faces the threat of closure, Miss Read is looking forward to a few more years of teaching before retirement. But the best-laid plans often go awry. Unexpectedly, her health begins to fail and ...Show more
Farther Afield by Miss Read
Category: Fiction
"No matter how devoted, dedicated, conscientious and altogether noble a teacher is, I feel pretty sure that each and everyone feels the same sense of freedom and relief from her chains when the end of term arrives..." So it is for Miss Read - but on the very first day of the long summer holiday she fall ...Show more
Friends at Thrush Green by Miss Read
Category: Fiction | Series: Thrush Green Ser.
It's spring in Thrush Green - but the new season brings far more than the villagers anticipate...
Miss Clare Remembers and Emily Davis by Miss Read
Category: Fiction | Series: Fairacre
In the English village of Fairacre, the retired schoolteachers Dolly Clare and Emily Davis enjoyed a remarkable friendship, as this moving volume reveals. Childhood playmates in Beech Green, they would remain close throughout their long lives, eventually sharing a cottage in their retirement. They felt ...Show more
Mrs. Pringle of Fairacre by Miss Read; John S. Goodall (Illustrator)
Category: Fiction
Mrs. Pringle, the lugubrious school cleaner, has always been a favorite character in the Fairacre series. Here, through the eyes and anecdotes of the schoolmistress Miss Read and others, we trace Maud Pringle's life. They include childhood visits to the village from her Caxley home, through her working ...Show more
News From Thrush Green by Miss Read
Category: Fiction | Series: Thrush Green Ser.
From the author of the Fairacre series: "The more turbulent the real world, the more charming we may find the stability of Miss Read's tiny fictional world." --Los Angeles Times Thrush Green is never quite as quiet as it first appears. When a local, long-empty cottage called Tullivers shows signs of oc ...Show more
Over the Gate by Miss Read
Category: Fiction | Series: Fairacre Ser.
"The story of the village goes back a long, long time, and it still goes on. I have listened to my neighbours' accounts of tales long ago, and with what unfailing curiosity I observe the happenings of today!" From an unusual weight-losing recipe found in an old notebook - and used with alarming conseque ...Show more
Return to Thrush Green by Miss Read
Category: Fiction | Series: Thrush Green Ser.
Spring has arrived in the beautiful village of Thrush Green - but problems are never far away. It's spring again in the village of Thrush Green, and with the changing season comes change for many of the villagers. An unexpected arrival at the local railway station is sure to disrupt more than one life; ...Show more
Summer at Fairacre by Miss Read
Category: Junior Fiction | Series: Fairacre Ser.
SUMMER AT FAIRACRE charmingly recounts this bright, bustling season and the problems and possibilities that unfold against the backdrop of roses, skylarks and bees. Joseph Coggs finds a temporary home in the schoolhouse while his mother is in the hospital. Miss Read's friend Amy mysteriously disappears. ...Show more
The Last Chronicle of Fairacre by Miss Read
Category: Fiction
Life in Fairacre revolves around the little feuds and big friendships enacted by the familiar and endearing characters. This omnibus comprises the last three novels of the 17 tales set in this downland village, bringing to a conclusion the Fairacre story which began in 1955.