Farewell to Fairacre - Couverture souple

Read, Miss

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0618154566 ISBN 13 : 9780618154562

Editeur : Mariner Books, 2001

Synopsis

Book by Read Miss

A propos du livre

Biographie de l'auteur :

Miss Read, or in real life Dora Saint, was a teacher by profession who started writing after the second world war, beginning with light essays written for Punch and other journals. 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 until his death in 2004, and they had one daughter.

Miss Read was awarded an MBE in the 1998 New Year Honours list for her services to literature, She was the author of many immensely popular books, including two autobiographical works, but it was her novels of English rural life for which she was best known. 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.

Présentation de l'éditeur :

The last novel in the beloved Fairacre series finds Miss Read with important decisions to make. Gradually worsening health forces her to consider an early retirement. John Jenkins, a handsome newcomer, competes for her affections with the newly widowed Henry Mawne. However, Miss Read has more on her mind than men. Orphans living in her former house have bolstered the village school's roll, but these new students seem to be having problems with their adoptive family. In the midst of all this turmoil, readers can rest assured that FAREWELL TO FAIRACRE boasts all the elements they have come to love: eccentric villagers, gentle humor, and a verdant rural landscape teeming with lambs, larks, and blackthorn bushes.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Mariner Books
• Date d'édition: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0618154566
• ISBN 13: 9780618154562
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 224
• Illustrateur: Goodall John S.