MP30706 1286 : At Home in Thrush Green
Author
Miss Read
Genre
General Fiction
Length
3
Description
There are newcomers to the village of Thrush Green|Charles Henstock, vicar of Thrush Green is living in his new vicarage after the old one burned down. In its place, eight retirement homes, but there’s heated debate in the village about the new residents. How to choose who will live there? How will they get on together? And how will they accommodate all the pets? Meanwhile the old residents have their worries. At the school Miss Watson learns that her brother has had an accident; an argument flares up between Edward Young and Dr Lovell; and Dottie Harmer becomes dottier by the day.|Miss Read was a teacher by profession who started writing after the Second World War. In additional to her novels, she has written on educational and country matters, and worked as a script-writer for the BBC. She lives in Berkshire, and was made an MBE for her services to literature.|Miss Read’s novels have become classics. Published alongside two others in the series, AFFAIRS AT THRUSH GREEN and THE SCHOOL AT THRUSH GREEN. Includes the original line drawings. The Orion paperback editions of the Fairacre and Thrush Green series have reprinted. The Miss Read novels have sold over 3 million copies. She has also received terrific reviews: ‘Observed with exactitude, animation, and a sense of comedy that recall a Brueghel painting of village folk’ The Times. ‘Miss Read so understands and loves the country and can write to tenderly and humorously about the minutiae of village life without distortion or sentimentality’ Times Literary Supplement. ‘Unforgettable characters … drama, romance and humour’ Express. ‘An affectionate, humorous and gently charming chronicle … sometimes funny, sometimes touching, always appealing’ New York Times. ‘Her books avoid sentimentality and have an asperity like the tartness of a good apple’ Sunday Telegraph Magazine.
Date Added
January 1, 1970