Summary
Fairacre is a village of cottages, a church and the school - and at the heart of the school, its head mistress, Miss Read.
Through her discerning eye, we meet the villagers of Fairacre and see their trials and tribulations, from the irascible school cleaner Mrs Pringle, to the young school children, with their scraped knees, hopeful faces and inevitable mischief.
Miss Read takes us through the school year, beginning with the Christmas term, when the bitterly cold weather chall…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780752877440 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0752877445 |
| Author: | Miss Read |
| Publisher: | Orion Publishing Co |
| Imprint: | Orion |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 224 |
| Release Date: | 1 August 2006 |
| Weight: | 199g |
| Dimensions: | 196mm x 128mm x 20mm |
| Series: | Fairacre |
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About The Author
Miss Read
Miss Read, or Dora Saint, was a teacher who started writing after the Second World War, beginning with light essays. She then wrote on educational and country matters and worked as a scriptwriter for the BBC. Miss Read was married to a schoolmaster for sixty-four years and they had one daughter.
Miss Read was awarded an MBE in 1998 for her services to literature. She was the author of many popular books, including two autobiographical works, but was best known for her novels of English rural life. The first of these, Village School, was published in 1955, and Miss Read continued to write about the fictional villages of Fairacre and Thrush Green for many years. She lived near Newbury in Berkshire until her death in 2012.
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