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by Miss Read
| Large format paperback in Very Good condition. Light wear.
First published 1958.
Published by Orion Books 2006.
220 pages, illustrated with black and white drawings by J.S. Goodall.
12.9cm x 19.8cm x 1.7cm.
Weight: 200gms.
Cover price: £6.99.
Cover illustration by Sophie Mortimer.
Miss Read is the Pen Name of - Dora Jessie Saint MBE (Nee. Shafe) - Born: 17th April 1913, South Norwood, London - Died: 7th April 2012 (98), Shefford Woodlands, Berkshire.
Fairacre and the neighbouring village of Beech Green are under siege by planners who want to build a new estate on Harold Miller's Hundred Acre Field, and the inhabitants are vocally divided on the subject. As the schoolmistress, Miss Read is inevitably involved - but she also has more personal problems to deal with.
Her junior Miss Jackson's unwise passion for a very unsuitable man, the niceties of defining categories for the flower show, and the ever-leaking and finally collapsing skylight in the schoolhouse are just a few of the problems she deals with in the course of another enchanting year as one of the most observant recorders of a rural community.
Titles in the 'Fairacre' series.
1. Village School (1955).
2. Village Diary (1957).
3. Storm in the Village (1958).
4. Miss Clare Remembers (1962).
5. Over the Gate (1964).
6. Village Christmas (1966).
7. The Fairacre Festival (1968).
8. Emily Davis (1971).
9. Tyler's Row (1972).
10. The Christmas Mouse (1973).
11. Farther Afield (1974).
12. No Holly for Miss Quinn (1976).
13. Village Affairs (1977).
14. The White Robin (1979).
15. Village Centenary (1980).
16. Summer at Fairacre (1984).
17. Mrs. Pringle (1989).
18. Changes at Fairacre (1991).
19. Farewell to Fairacre (1993).
20. A Peaceful Retirement (1996).
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Publisher: Orion Books
ISBN: 9780752877457
Condition: Very Good |
2006
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| Postage & Handling to UK mainland: £3.00 | Price: £2.50
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