Friends at Thrush Green: A Novel
By Miss Read and John S. Goodall
3.5/5
()
About this ebook
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
Miss Read
Miss Read (1913-2012) 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 1955, and Miss Read continued to write until her retirement in 1996. In the 1998, she was awarded an MBE, or Member of the Order of the British Empire, for her services to literature.
Read more from Miss Read
The Caxley Chronicles: The Market Square and the Howards of Caxley Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Village School Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsFresh from the Country Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Winter in Thrush Green Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
Related to Friends at Thrush Green
Titles in the series (11)
Affairs at Thrush Green: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Celebrations at Thrush Green: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Return to Thrush Green: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Battles at Thrush Green: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Year at Thrush Green: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The School at Thrush Green: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Gossip from Thrush Green: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5News from Thrush Green: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Thrush Green: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Friends at Thrush Green: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5At Home in Thrush Green: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
Related ebooks
The Year at Thrush Green: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Gossip from Thrush Green: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Return to Thrush Green: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Thrush Green: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Farewell to Fairacre: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Celebrations at Thrush Green: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The School at Thrush Green: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5At Home in Thrush Green: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5News from Thrush Green: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Affairs at Thrush Green: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Battles at Thrush Green: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Over the Gate: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Village Centenary: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Changes at Fairacre: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Farther Afield: A Novel Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Tyler's Row: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Village Diary: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Fairacre Festival: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Storm in the Village: A Novel Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Miss Clare Remembers and Emily Davis: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5No Holly for Miss Quinn: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Summer at Fairacre: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A Peaceful Retirement: A Novel Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Village Affairs: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Mrs. Pringle of Fairacre: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Fair Miss Fortune Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5All Done by Kindness Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Rich Mrs. Burgoyne Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsHappy House Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings
Friendship Fiction For You
The Measure: A Read with Jenna Pick Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Head Over Heels: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Sweet Spot: A Novel Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5One Italian Summer: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Next Person You Meet in Heaven: The Sequel to The Five People You Meet in Heaven Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Cleopatra and Frankenstein Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Black Girls Must Die Exhausted: A Novel Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5One of Us Is Dead Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Anxious People: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The One Hundred Years of Lenni and Margot: A Summer Beach Read Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Diamond Eye: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Beautiful World, Where Are You: A Novel Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Sheltering Rain Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Home: the most moving and heartfelt novel you'll read this year Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Enchanted April Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Reading List: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Woman in the Library: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Inimitable Jeeves Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Ocean at the End of the Lane: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Home Front: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Summer of Songbirds Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5My Brilliant Friend Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Don Quixote Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5Heaven: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5We Are the Light: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Young Mungo Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Visitors Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Together We Will Go Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Hey Nostradamus! Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
Reviews for Friends at Thrush Green
43 ratings1 review
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Friends At Thrush Green by Miss Read is the tenth book in her Thrush Green series and these simple stories about a small British village have a special place my heart. The author writes of the changing seasons in the countryside and the small affairs of village life in a timeless manner. Her characters have problems but they are usually worked out through the course of each book with the help of their friends and their own good sense.This book both opens and closes with a visit from previous Thrush Green residents. Dorothy and Agnes were the school teachers at the local school and lived in the house adjoining the school. Upon retirement they moved to a cottage by the sea, but they return to visit with their friends and catch up with local gossip. The book opens in spring and takes us through the course of a year, and some of the other stories that are followed are the on-going search of farmer Percy Hodge for a wife, the worrisome aging of another resident and how the new school master and his family are settling in. Some of these stories take a very serious turn as both senility and alcoholism play a major part.Friends at Thrush Green was another engaging story about this idyllic village and the wonderful characters that live there.