More Stories from Thrush Green: Battles at Thrush Green/Return to Thrush Green/Gossip from Thrush Green (Thrush Green Omnibus)
by Miss Read
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Gossip, squabbles, domestic drama and the quiet rhythms of country living ... this is the world of Miss Read. This omnibus edition contains three Thrush Green novels: Battles at Thrush Green, Return to Thrush Green and Gossip from Thrush Green.Tags
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Miss Read, 1913 - 2012 Miss Read was born on April 17, 1913 as Dora Jessie Shafe. She worked as a teacher and started writing after World War II for Punch and other journals and as a scriptwriter for the BBC. She wrote her novels under the name Read, which was her mother's maiden name. She is best known for her novels of English rural life and show more used her own memories of living and teaching in a small English village in her novels. She wrote more than forty novels; many were set in the British countryside -- Fairacre and Thrush Green novels. Read finished her writing career in 1996 with A Peaceful Retirement. In 1998, she was awarded an MBE for her services to literature. She died on April 7, 2012. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- 1985; 1975 (Battles at Thrush Green) (Battles at Thrush Green); 1978 (Return to Thrush Green) (Return to Thrush Green); 1981 (Gossip from Thrush Green) (Gossip from Thrush Green)
- Important places
- Thrush Green, England, UK (fictional)
- Epigraph
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- Dedication
- To Norah for times remembered with love
Battles at Thrush Green.
To Sir Robert Lusty whose early encouragement began it all
Return to Thrush Green.
To Janet with love and thanks
Gossip from Thrush Green. - First words
- At a quarter to eight one fine September morning, Harold Shoosmith leant from his bedroom window and surveyed the shining face of Thrush Green.
Battles at Thrush Green.
The finest house at Thrush Green, everyone agreed, was that occupied by Joan and Edward Young.
Return to Thrush Green.
In far too many places in England today, the agreeable habit of taking afternoon tea has vanished.
Gossip from Thrush Green. - Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)'I have no doubt about it,' said Little Miss Fogerty.
Battles at Thrush Green.
(Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)'Now I know that I have really have returned to Thrush Green.'
Return to Thrush Green.
(Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)'Maybe she knows anyway,' was her reply, as they passed into the church porch.
Gossip from Thrush Green. - Original language
- English
- Disambiguation notice
- ISBN 0140070486 is for Affairs at Thrush Green
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