Summer at Fairacre: The ninth novel in the Fairacre series
By (Author) Miss Read
Orion Publishing Co
Orion (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd )
1st September 2008
24th July 2008
United Kingdom
General
Fiction
823.914
Paperback
240
Width 126mm, Height 196mm, Spine 22mm
211g
SUMMER AT FAIRACRE charmingly recounts this bright, bustling season and the problems and possibilities that unfold against the backdrop of roses, skylarks and bees.
Joseph Coggs finds a temporary home in the schoolhouse while his mother is in the hospital. Miss Read's friend Amy mysteriously disappears. Perhaps most difficult of all, Mrs. Pringle, the grumpy school cleaner, is unable to work because of her 'bad leg'.Still, the sounds of children playing and the fragrance of summertime flowers fill the air, as Miss Read shepherds her students and friends through the warm season."A gentle and easy read, just right for summer days" TELEGRAPH & ARGUS
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.