Changes at Fairacre (Windsor Selection) - Hardcover

Miss Read

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0745175708 ISBN 13: 9780745175706

Publisher: Chivers Large print (Chivers, Windsor, Paragon & C, 1993

Synopsis

Fairacre is changing, even though this downland village and Miss Read's school may still look as they did one hundred years ago. The old cottages where the community once lived are being bought by outsiders, and the new commuter lifestyle has taken children to other schools. Numbers at the Fairacre school are so low, Miss Read fears the school may close. Miss Read is even more concerned about the ill health of her longtime friend Dolly Clare. But Amy, Miss Read's old college friend, gives support, and life is always stimulated by the irascible school cleaner, Mrs. Pringle. Despite the disruptions to the tranquility of village life, the people of Fairacre prevail, as always, in an uplifting and vastly entertaining way.

About this title

About the Author

Miss Read is 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. She lives in Berkshire.

From AudioFile

Anne Rosenfeld reads with a clear, crisp British accent, easily understood and distinctly pronounced. Although Rosenfeld reads at a brisk pace, she conveys a blend of humor and empathy for the characters. P.A.J. (c)AudioFile, Portland, Maine

Edition details

• Publisher: Chivers Large print (Chivers, Windsor, Paragon & C
• Publication date: 1993
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0745175708
• ISBN 13: 9780745175706
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 280