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Friends at Thrush Green

Published
Jan 1990
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General Fiction General Fiction
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244
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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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Book 10
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Nov 2002 Mariner ISBN 0618238883
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Dec 1991 Houghton Mifflin ISBN 0395573815
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Jul 1992 Thorndike Press ISBN 1560543108
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