News from Thrush Green - Couverture souple

Read, Miss

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0897333349 ISBN 13 : 9780897333344

Editeur : Academy Chicago Pub, 1990

Synopsis

When Phil, whose husband has left her for another woman, moves to the Cotswold village of Thrush Green, the villagers make a special effort to help her and her young son, Jeremy

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

Tullivers, the former home of old Admiral Trigg and his sister Lucy, had stood empty for many months. Then, one bright April day, two newcomers move in -- an attractive young woman and her son -- and the villagers begin to show their interest and attention, especially several bachelors.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Academy Chicago Pub
• Date d'édition: 1990
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0897333349
• ISBN 13: 9780897333344
• Reliure: Broché
• Illustrateur: Goodall John S.
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible