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Winter in Thrush Green (eBook, ePUB) - Read, Miss
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A retired bachelor's arrival brings changes to a Cotswolds village: "There is never a dull moment in Thrush Green." -The New York Times Book Review Distinguished bachelor Harold Shoosmith has retired to the English village of Thrush Green. But while he plans to enter a peaceful new stage of life, his arrival stirs ripples of excitement in the small community. Before he knows it, he's enmeshed in village politics and involved in the private lives of his neighbors-and his friendship with the village rector, a lonely widower, will be the catalyst for a surprising transformation... "If you've…mehr

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A retired bachelor's arrival brings changes to a Cotswolds village: "There is never a dull moment in Thrush Green." -The New York Times Book Review Distinguished bachelor Harold Shoosmith has retired to the English village of Thrush Green. But while he plans to enter a peaceful new stage of life, his arrival stirs ripples of excitement in the small community. Before he knows it, he's enmeshed in village politics and involved in the private lives of his neighbors-and his friendship with the village rector, a lonely widower, will be the catalyst for a surprising transformation... "If you've ever enjoyed a visit to Mitford, you'll relish a visit to Thrush Green." -Jan Karon, #1New York Times-bestselling author of the Mitford novels "Miss Read's novels are sheer delight." -Chicago Tribune "What you will find in the novels of Miss Read is an aura of warm happiness." -The Columbus Dispatch

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Miss Read, or in real life Dora Saint, was a teacher by profession who started writing after the second world war, beginning with light essays written for Punch and other journals. She then wrote on educational and country matters and worked as a scriptwriter for the BBC. Miss Read was married to a schoolmaster for sixty-four years until his death in 2004, and they had one daughter. Miss Read was awarded an MBE in the 1998 New Year Honours list for her services to literature, She was the author of many immensely popular books, including two autobiographical works, but it was her novels of English rural life for which she was best known. The first of these Village School, was published in 1955, and Miss Read continued to write about the fictional villages of Fairacre and Thrush Green for many years. She lived near Newbury in Berkshire until her death in 2012. Four plays based on her work have been written by Ron Perry, Miss Read's Thrush Green, Miss Read Remembered, Return to Thrush Green and The Village School.