The Year at Thrush Green (G K Hall Large Print Book Series) - Hardcover

Read, Miss

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9780783819648: The Year at Thrush Green (G K Hall Large Print Book Series)

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ISBN 10: 0783819641 ISBN 13: 9780783819648

Publisher: G K Hall & Co, 1996

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As the spring months unfold in the village of Thrush Green, so does the drama of village life. The arrival of a strange American excites much interest, Dotty Harmer finds herself caring for an abandoned puppy, Mrs. Peters' illness causes uncertainty in the future of her restaurant, and for architect Edward Young, the problem of the retirement home will not go away...

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Book Description:

An enchanting story of village life from the bestselling author of the FAIRACRE series.

About the Author:

Miss Read, or in real life Dora Saint, was a teacher by profession who started writing after the second world war, beginning with light essays written for Punch and other journals. She then wrote on educational and country matters and worked as a scriptwriter for the BBC. Miss Read was married to a schoolmaster for sixty-four years until his death in 2004, and they had one daughter.

Miss Read was awarded an MBE in the 1998 New Year Honours list for her services to literature, She was the author of many immensely popular books, including two autobiographical works, but it was her novels of English rural life for which she was best known. The first of these Village School, was published in 1955, and Miss Read continued to write about the fictional villages of Fairacre and Thrush Green for many years. She lived near Newbury in Berkshire until her death in 2012.

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