Christmas at Thrush Green
Author(s): Miss Read
A brand new Miss Read novel, set in the Cotswold village of Thrush Green at Christmas. It seems as if Christmas will be perfect this year. But not everything is as peaceful as it seems. Phyllida and Frank have their work cut out for them when they agree to take on the Nativity play - made all the more difficult by an outbreak of chicken pox. The indomitable Ella has lived in Thrush Green for as long as anyone can remember, but lately she has been behaving strangely. Then there are the dreadful Burwells, newcomers to Thrush Green, who cause something of a stir with their 'home improvements'. For Nelly, owner of The Fuchsia Bush tea shop, Christmas is an especially busy time, with people dropping in for much-needed refreshment, weary from all their Christmas shopping, but then she receives an unexpected letter.
Product Information
Miss Read, or in real life Dora Saint, was born 17 April 1913. A teacher by profession, she started writing after the Second World War for Punch and other journals and as a scriptwriter for the BBC. She is the author of many immensely popular books, including two autobiographical works, but it is for her novels of English rural life for which she is best known. The first of these, Village School, was published in 1955 and Miss Read continued to write about the fictitious villages of Fairacre and Thrush Green until her retirement in 1996. She lives in Berkshire, and in the 1998 New Year Honours list was awarded an MBE for her services to literature.
General Fields
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- : Orion Publishing Group, Limited
- : Orion (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd )
- : 0.242
- : 01 October 2010
- : 198mm X 132mm X 21mm
- : United Kingdom
- : 01 December 2010
- : books
Special Fields
- : Miss Read
- : Paperback
- : 1
- : English
- : 823.914
- : 352
- : 21 Line Drawing(s)
