| The Year at Thrush Green Contributor(s): Read (Author), Goodall, John S. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0618884440 ISBN-13: 9780618884445 Publisher: Harper Paperbacks OUR PRICE: $16.14 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 2008 Annotation: Miss Read circles the seasons of village life in the English countryside. "This magical blend of nostalgia and country life has wooed her readers for an astonishing forty years".--Times Educational Supplement. Miss Read's books have sold more than 3 million copies. 21 line drawings. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | Women - Fiction | Historical - World War Ii |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Series: Thrush Green |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 5.4" W x 8.1" (0.60 lbs) 272 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Circling the seasons at Thrush Green, Miss Read looks in on a host of characters -- whimsical, eccentric, always keenly observed -- and their daily affairs. By year's end these stories are satisfyingly interlocked, capturing a bygone era with the charm and humor that give Miss Read her enduring appeal. |
Contributor Bio(s): Read, Miss: - Miss Read (1913-2012) was the pseudonym of Mrs. Dora Saint, a former schoolteacher beloved for her novels of English rural life, especially those set in the fictional villages of Thrush Green and Fairacre. The first of these, Village School, was published in 1955, and Miss Read continued to write until her retirement in 1996. In the 1998, she was awarded an MBE, or Member of the Order of the British Empire, for her services to literature.Read: - Miss Read (1913-2012) was the pseudonym of Mrs. Dora Saint, a former schoolteacher beloved for her novels of English rural life, especially those set in the fictional villages of Thrush Green and Fairacre. The first of these, Village School, was published in 1955, and Miss Read continued to write until her retirement in 1996. In the 1998, she was awarded an MBE, or Member of the Order of the British Empire, for her services to literature. |