The School 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 128mm, Height 196mm, Spine 20mm
212g
For many years, Dorothy Watson and Agnes Fogerty have taught in the school at Thrush Green, so their imminent retirement provokes rumour and speculation. Who will take Miss Watson's place as head teacher As for replacing little Miss Fogerty, it seems impossible to imagine.
There are other issues too. Will Winnie Bailey's eccentric nephew move into the school house Who is the strange young man lurking outside The Fuchsia Bush And what will become of Miss Fogerty's stray catThe changing seasons reflect the changing face of Thrush Green as old and new friends learn to live happily together.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.