Affairs at Thrush Green
By (Author) Miss Read
Orion Publishing Co
Orion (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd )
1st March 2009
22nd January 2009
United Kingdom
General
Fiction
823.914
Paperback
240
Width 138mm, Height 198mm, Spine 19mm
217g
Charles Henstock, rector of Thrush Green, has difficulty living up to his predecessor when he moves to the parish of Lulling. He faces opposition from the fearsome Mrs Thurgood and her arty daughter, Janet.
Everyone in the district seems to be having their share of problems, not least Albert Piggott, who dreads the return of his wife Nelly.Meanwhile Kit Armitage returns to set elderly hearts fluttering. Could there be wedding bells in Thrush Greena reissue of this social comedy will warm the cockles as the village stirs with new residents and scandal - BIG ISSUE IN THE NORTH
Miss Read was a teacher by profession who started writing after the Second World War. In additional to her novels, she has written on educational and country matters, and worked as a script-writer for the BBC. She lives in Berkshire, and was made an MBE for her services to literature.