7 rows · · Overview. Miss Read's delightful chronicles of life in Thrush Green continue with RETURN TO Brand: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. It’s always lovely to return to Thrush Green. Miss Read doesn’t merely relate new tales about the village, but she cleverly broadens the points of view by featuring different voices. In this book, we hear from Miss Fogerty, Nelly Piggott, Robert Bassett, Harold Shoosmith and others/5. Unusually for this series, Miss Read appears to have left this novel relatively untouched by the outside world. Ella is looking for a lodger, Ben a job. But the events of the mid s have little impact on the villagers of Thrush Green. As always, this novel is just like reconnecting with an old friend.
Miss Read tends to be known for her 2 series of books set in the villages of Thrush Green and Fairacre. I tend to stick with the Fairacre novels for no other reason than I have them on my shelf. But I have to say it has been a lovely delight to return to Thrush Green. Read Miss Read Novels in Order by Series. Book Celebrations at Thrush Green. by Miss Read. · Ratings · 57 Reviews · published · 18 editions. Miss Read's 36th novel takes readers back to the v. Want to Read. Shelving menu. Shelve Celebrations at Thrush Green. Want to Read. Read "Return to Thrush Green A Novel" by Miss Read available from Rakuten Kobo. Both the good and the bad find sanctuary in an English village— "You'll relish a visit to Thrush Green" (Jan Karon, #1 N.
Miss Read () 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 , and Miss Read continued to write until her retirement in In the , she was awarded an MBE, or Member of the Order of the British Empire, for her services to literature. Even the reappearance of Sexton Albert Piggott—one of Thrush Green’s more malevolent sorts—cannot dim the happiness that inevitably prevails at Thrush Green. “The more turbulent the real world, the more charming we may find the stability of Miss Read’s tiny fictional world.”. Unusually for this series, Miss Read appears to have left this novel relatively untouched by the outside world. Ella is looking for a lodger, Ben a job. But the events of the mid s have little impact on the villagers of Thrush Green. As always, this novel is just like reconnecting with an old friend.
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