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A Peaceful Retirement Miss Read

A Peaceful Retirement By Miss Read

A Peaceful Retirement by Miss Read


$15,49
Condition - Very Good
<20 in stock
SeriesFairacre

Summary

Miss Read looks forward to her retirement - but it doesn't go quite as planned...

A Peaceful Retirement Summary

A Peaceful Retirement: The twelfth novel in the Fairacre series by Miss Read

Miss Read looks forward to her retirement - but it doesn't go quite as planned...

When Miss Read took early retirement, she anticipated days of relaxation and calm. She couldn't have been more wrong! Instead she finds herself as busy and in demand as ever: on holiday in Florence, helping with church and school affairs and offering a kindly ear to her eccentric neighbours.

As village life continues as always, Miss Read embarks on a local project and discovers a new talent, opening up an exciting chapter in her life.

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

GOR001732842
9780752884240
0752884247
A Peaceful Retirement: The twelfth novel in the Fairacre series by Miss Read
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Orion Publishing Co
20100107
192
N/A
Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
This is a used book - there is no escaping the fact it has been read by someone else and it will show signs of wear and previous use. Overall we expect it to be in very good condition, but if you are not entirely satisfied please get in touch with us

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