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Christmas At Fairacre Miss Read

Christmas At Fairacre By Miss Read

Christmas At Fairacre by Miss Read


Summary

A delightful Christmas collection of Fairacre tales from the ever-popular Miss Read.

Christmas At Fairacre Summary

Christmas At Fairacre: The Christmas Mouse, Christmas At Fairacre School, No Holly For Miss Quinn by Miss Read

A delightful Christmas collection of Fairacre tales from the ever-popular Miss Read.

The people of Fairacre celebrate Christmas in a traditional style which has hardly changed over the generations. Children eagerly hang up their stockings, families go to church together and everyone enjoys Christmas cake and other treats of the festive season.

From an unexpected visitor on Christmas Eve in 'The Christmas Mouse' to an unwanted change of plan in 'No Holly For Miss Quinn', Miss Read recounts some of the most memorable Christmas events where often, despite best-laid plans, things do not always go as expected.

For heart-warming reading there is no writer to rival Miss Read, and this charming collection of Christmas tales is packed with unforgettable characters, enchanting stories and festive cheer.

About Miss Read

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. Two plays based on her work have been written by Ron Perry, Miss Read's Thrush Green and Miss Read Remembered.

Additional information

GOR001167486
9780752877976
0752877976
Christmas At Fairacre: The Christmas Mouse, Christmas At Fairacre School, No Holly For Miss Quinn by Miss Read
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Orion Publishing Co
20061018
272
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