Friends at Thrush Green

A Novel

Fiction & Literature, Literary
Cover of the book Friends at Thrush Green by Miss Read, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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Author: Miss Read ISBN: 9780547526539
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publication: November 7, 2002
Imprint: Mariner Books Language: English
Author: Miss Read
ISBN: 9780547526539
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Publication: November 7, 2002
Imprint: Mariner Books
Language: English

Old and new friends find a warm welcome in the cozy English village of Thrush Green— “Miss Read’s novels are sheer delight” (Chicago Tribune).

There had been general dismay when Miss Watson and Miss Fogerty retired to Barton-on-Sea after many years of devoted service teaching the children of Thrush Green, so their visit to see old friends in the village brings great pleasure. The new headmaster, Alan Lester, is cautiously accepted, but rumor is rife about his wife’s health.

Meanwhile, farmer Percy Hodge is also the subject of local speculation: Is his strange behavior the result of an infatuation with the young Doreen Lilly? As for affairs at the Lovelocks’ house, it is increasingly apparent that Bertha Lovelock is now in her dotage, and a new and most unfortunate habit is the cause of considerable embarrassment to the good people of Lulling. All these matters and more are faced by our old friends against the familiar background and changing seasons of the Cotswolds.

“[A] rambling, gently humorous novel . . . Heartwarming simplicity.” —Publishers Weekly

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Old and new friends find a warm welcome in the cozy English village of Thrush Green— “Miss Read’s novels are sheer delight” (Chicago Tribune).

There had been general dismay when Miss Watson and Miss Fogerty retired to Barton-on-Sea after many years of devoted service teaching the children of Thrush Green, so their visit to see old friends in the village brings great pleasure. The new headmaster, Alan Lester, is cautiously accepted, but rumor is rife about his wife’s health.

Meanwhile, farmer Percy Hodge is also the subject of local speculation: Is his strange behavior the result of an infatuation with the young Doreen Lilly? As for affairs at the Lovelocks’ house, it is increasingly apparent that Bertha Lovelock is now in her dotage, and a new and most unfortunate habit is the cause of considerable embarrassment to the good people of Lulling. All these matters and more are faced by our old friends against the familiar background and changing seasons of the Cotswolds.

“[A] rambling, gently humorous novel . . . Heartwarming simplicity.” —Publishers Weekly

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