At Home in Thrush Green

Miss Read [Dora Saint]

ISBN 10: 0718124995 / ISBN 13: 9780718124991

Published by Michael Joseph, 1985

About this Item

hardback, demy octavo, fading to the spine, a tightly bound copy, signature of a previous owner at the head of the half-title page, the body of text is clean and unmarked. The dust wrapper chipped at the edges and with some strengthening to the verso. Illustrated by J S Goodall, 261pp. Seller Inventory # 285843

Bibliographic Details

Title: At Home in Thrush Green

Publisher: Michael Joseph

Publication Date: 1985

Binding: hardback

Condition: Good

Dust Jacket Condition: Good

Edition: 1st Edition

About this title

Synopsis:

Charles Henstock, vicar of Thrush Green is living in his new vicarage after the old one burned down. In place of the old vicarage, eight retirement homes are being built for those villagers most in need. But how to choose who will live there? How will they get on together? And how will they accommodate all the pets? The spring has brought a new crop of dilemmas, but Dr. Henstock and the villagers are determined to make the old people feel at home in Thrush Green.

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.