I think I only got part way through it as well actually - again, I think I left off when it got to the modern generation. I found mine in a fantastic private library in Newcastle where they have a firm policy never to throw anything out! It means they have some fantastic old fiction! If you like Miss Read you could try Rebecca Shaw. She's still writing and has two series, one set in a vet's practice with "country" in all the titles and another set in a village. Someone else recommended the vet's ones as modern Miss Read with a touch of James Herriot and I think they're right!

Jennie

posted by Jennie_103 at 3:42 am (EST) on Nov 7, 2006