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1) Thrush Green
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Thrush Green series volume 1
Language
English
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On May Day during the annual fair in the small village of Thrush Green, complications develop in the relationships of a group of inhabitants, in a new edition of the first novel in the Thrush Green series.
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Pub. Date
2007.
Language
English
Description
Have a happy Christmas in the English countryside with a volume of three heartwarming holiday tales from Fairacre Three beloved Christmas tales -- " No Holly for Miss Quinn, " " Village Christmas, " and " The Christmas Mouse" -- are offered here as one enchanting holiday volume. As frost sparkles on cottage roofs and smoke rises from chimneys, the English village of Fairacre is a perfect vision of Christmas joy -- but celebrations of the season do...
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Series
Fairacre series volume 10
Language
English
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The end of a school year often brings unmitigated rapture for schoolteachers, and so it should for Miss Read, schoolmistress in the charming English village of Fairacre. But on the very first day of the long summer holiday, she falls and breaks her arm. Just when her summer seems ruined, her old friend, Amy Garfield, comes to her aid with a diverting suggestion. They travel to Crete for two weeks, and the change of scene provides a welcome break for...
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Thrush Green series volume 13
Language
English
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As the spring unfolds, so do the dramas of village life. Dotty Harmer serves up an herbal brew to her neighbor Albert Piggott, who has a soft spot for her despite his crusty facade. Architect Edward Young overhears a rumor that the old people's home he designed may be a bit cramped, and an American stranger arrives in search of family connections. At the Fuchsia Bush restaurant, Albert's wife, Nellie, finds herself in charge when the owner Mrs. Peters...
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The Caxley Chronicles volume 2
Language
English
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The last decade of old Septimus Howard's life sees many upheavals. War comes to Caxley, and his favorite grandson Edward, a pilot, brings home a wife who seems too cold and aloof for the Howard family. The Howards' restaurant in Market Square survives the wartime shortages, but its temperamental manager, Robert, is slipping past the point when eccentricity becomes insanity ...
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Series
Fairacre series volume 14
Language
English
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Welcomes us back to Miss Read's cozy downland village just in time for the one hundredth anniversary of Fairacre School. Miss Clare, who was a pupil and later a teacher there, points out that such a centenary should be celebrated, and all of Fairacre is quick to offer suggestions -- from a tea party to a full-scale pageant. Deciding how best to stage the grand occasion, however, is only one of Miss Read's problems. The ancient skylight in the school...
11) Over the gate
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Series
Fairacre series volume 5
Language
English
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Description
A weight-losing recipe sends a portly Victorian house maid literally sky-high. Mrs Next-Door, the queen of copycats, drives her patient neighbour mad with rage; the tragic tale of the ghost of Fairacre; the touch-and-go romance of Elsie Parker. In Over the Gate Miss Read the village schoolmistress, continues to attract odd incidents and excellent stories and to retell them with characteristic grace, astringency and compassion.
12) Village school
Author
Series
Fairacre series volume 1
Language
English
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Miss Read, a teacher, describes the course of one school year in the rural English community of Tyler's Row.
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Series
Language
English
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A stranger's arrival in the village stirs up ripples of speculation and interest. The village finds itself paying tribute to the stranger's hero, a missionary born and bred in Thrush Green, and the stranger's presence alters the romantic prospects of Miss Dimity Dean.
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Series
Fairacre series volume 18
Language
English
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Description
The last novel in the beloved Fairacre series finds Miss Read with important decisions to make. Gradually worsening health forces her to consider an early retirement. John Jenkins, a handsome newcomer, competes for her affections with the newly widowed Henry Mawne. However, Miss Read has more on her mind than men. Orphans living in her former house have bolstered the village school's roll, but these new students seem to be having problems with their...
Author
Series
Fairacre series volume 19
Pub. Date
1997.
Language
English
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Description
With this, Miss Read ends her long-running series of novels set in Fairacre, the timeless English village.
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