Friends at Thrush Green

Book came without dust jacket. I rejected one that said "no dust jacket" and ordered on e with it. I have a collection of almost all of Miss read's books and this is only hardback with a dust jacket.

These stories just have a way of worming themselves into your heart. They feel like old friends catching up. We have so many characters and yet you really don't notice it. We have two retired schoolteachers, one of whom is enchanted by a man, reading to him every day and visiting. We have the new headmaster and his family, who move into town. But Alan's wife, Margaret seems to never be seen, always has a migraine. The town soon knows though that it isn't migraines, it is an alcohol problem. Another gentleman is taken by young women who break his heart. Will he find true love? Three older sisters, one of them has a problem stealing things from others, and also taking stuff from the house that used to belong to their parents and putting it all in their room. Will they be able to stop Bertha? I can't possibly speak of every character, but you won't want to leave Thrush Green. I warn you of that! So head on down to The Two Pheasants and join us!

If you want to escape your ordinary life for a few hours, Miss Read's books are the ones to escape into. The characters are unusual and have charm. Reading one of Miss Read's book is like sitting in an overstuffed chair by the fireplace with a hot cup of cocoa. Highly recommended!!!

A return visit to Thrush Green and the return of two of our favorite retired school teachers. The usual unusual characters abound and help enliven a lovely, gentle story about small village life. I love Miss Read.

In this continuing story of Thrush Green we follow the day to day life of the old friends we have met before in Miss Read's books. After the retirement of Agnes Fogerty and Dorothy Watson the new headmaster Alan Lester and his family move into the school house. But in small villages it's hard to keep secrets and it is soon apparent that Mrs. Lester has a drinking problem. Nellie Piggot is now a partner at the Fushia Bush and must face the responsibility of dealing with the strange ways of Bertha Lovelock as she approches her 80th birthday. Percy Hodge is the subject of much speculation about his love life. This book is a wonderful escape of the stress of modern life as we enjoy old friends Charles and Dimity Henstock, Harold and Isabel Shoosmith, Dotty Harmer and many others in Thrush Green.