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Thrush Green
Miss Read's charming chronicles of small-town life have achieved an almost legendary popularity worldwide by offering a welcome return to a gentler time and "wit, humor, and wisdom in equal measure" (Cleveland Plain Dealer). This volume introduces Thrush Green, the neighboring village to its blackthorn bushes, thatch-roofed cottages, enchanting landscape, and jumble sales. Readers will delight in a new cast of characters and also welcome familiar faces as they become immersed in the village's turn of events on one pivotal day -- May Day. Before the day is over, life and love and perhaps eternity will touch the immemorial peace of the village.
226 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1959
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Miss Read
158 books514 followersDora Jessie Saint MBE née Shafe (born 17 April 1913), best known by the pen name Miss Read, was an English novelist, by profession a schoolmistress. Her pseudonym was derived from her mother's maiden name. In 1940 she married her husband, Douglas, a former headmaster. The couple had a daughter, Jill. She began writing for several journals after World War II and worked as a scriptwriter for the BBC.
She wrote a series of novels from 1955 to 1996. Her work centred on two fictional English villages, Fairacre and Thrush Green. The principal character in the Fairacre books, "Miss Read", is an unmarried schoolteacher in a small village school, an acerbic and yet compassionate observer of village life. Miss Read's novels are wry regional social comedies, laced with gentle humour and subtle social commentary. Miss Read is also a keen observer of nature and the changing seasons.
Her most direct influence is from Jane Austen, although her work also bears similarities to the social comedies of manners written in the 1920s and 1930s, and in particular the work of Barbara Pym. Miss Read's work has influenced a number of writers in her own turn, including the American writer Jan Karon. The musician Enya has a track on her Watermark album named after the book Miss Clare Remembers, and one on her Shepherd Moons album named after No Holly for Miss Quinn.
In 1996 she retired. In 1998 she was made a Member of the Order of the British Empire for her services to literature. She died 7 April, 2012 in Shefford Woodlands.
She wrote a series of novels from 1955 to 1996. Her work centred on two fictional English villages, Fairacre and Thrush Green. The principal character in the Fairacre books, "Miss Read", is an unmarried schoolteacher in a small village school, an acerbic and yet compassionate observer of village life. Miss Read's novels are wry regional social comedies, laced with gentle humour and subtle social commentary. Miss Read is also a keen observer of nature and the changing seasons.
Her most direct influence is from Jane Austen, although her work also bears similarities to the social comedies of manners written in the 1920s and 1930s, and in particular the work of Barbara Pym. Miss Read's work has influenced a number of writers in her own turn, including the American writer Jan Karon. The musician Enya has a track on her Watermark album named after the book Miss Clare Remembers, and one on her Shepherd Moons album named after No Holly for Miss Quinn.
In 1996 she retired. In 1998 she was made a Member of the Order of the British Empire for her services to literature. She died 7 April, 2012 in Shefford Woodlands.
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May 12, 2019
This was a re-read for me, and what a pleasure it was to re-visit the 1950’s era, and in particular the English village of Thrush Green. A village of pretty thatched cottages, a picture postcard landscape, birds singing, bees buzzing in the beautiful cottage gardens, trees about to blossom - you get the idea. The inhabitants of Thrush Green aren’t all perfect though, they’re an eclectic bunch of characters, good, bad and indifferent.
This entire storyline takes place on one single day - May Day. This is a day that the villagers look forward to, a day of excitement for everyone, because it’s the day that the carnival comes to town, a day when anything can happen.
These novels are very much character driven, and I think it’s what gives them their charm. This was a world before the advancement of technology, and sometimes - just sometimes, I’d love to inhabit that long gone era! If you need some respite from this crazy modern world, then pay a visit to the villagers of Thrush Green, you probably won’t want to leave!
This entire storyline takes place on one single day - May Day. This is a day that the villagers look forward to, a day of excitement for everyone, because it’s the day that the carnival comes to town, a day when anything can happen.
These novels are very much character driven, and I think it’s what gives them their charm. This was a world before the advancement of technology, and sometimes - just sometimes, I’d love to inhabit that long gone era! If you need some respite from this crazy modern world, then pay a visit to the villagers of Thrush Green, you probably won’t want to leave!
July 30, 2021
Such a sweet book, Thrush Green is the idyllic community that everyone wishes they could live in or be from. It is a village set in the English countryside of the 1950s in which there are good and bad people, and the bad are punished and the good rewarded. It is May 1st in Thrush Green and its annual carnival has come to town.
Whether from the town or the carnival, each individual character is well drawn and lingers in your mind. The beauty of the countryside is vividly depicted too, very lush and blooming. Not all is well with the young or old people, but there is resolution and a feeling of the continuation of life at the end that is bittersweet.
Whether from the town or the carnival, each individual character is well drawn and lingers in your mind. The beauty of the countryside is vividly depicted too, very lush and blooming. Not all is well with the young or old people, but there is resolution and a feeling of the continuation of life at the end that is bittersweet.
August 31, 2024
If you are in the mood for a cozy read set in a village in the Cotswolds, then this book is for you. The big event featured in this book is the annual May Day fair. Young and old, for the most part, are looking forward to it. I so enjoyed meeting the townspeople and I look forward to getting to know them better in future books.
My thanks to Diane Barnes, whose reviews led me to this series. She’s right- a perfect comfort read!
Published: 1959
My thanks to Diane Barnes, whose reviews led me to this series. She’s right- a perfect comfort read!
Published: 1959
January 31, 2023
Dated—for sure! All the more reason to enjoy this unique book in the Thrush Green series. I say unique because it is a delightful, eventful one May Day fair day in Thrush Green and magic abounds.
December 26, 2011
Cozy novels of village life are my favourite comfort reading, and I only wish I could find more of them. This is the sort of book in which _nothing happens_ except on a personal level -- people argue and then mend fences, gardens grow, seasons change, boys make friends, and occasionally there's a romance or two
These books remind me of Angela Thirkell, except written by someone a generation younger & so much less painfully right-wing. Miss Read is able to see beauty in a lot of things which would have made Thirkell miserable, like the cheap prizes available at the carnival, and she has quite a few working class characters who are treated as actual people rather than bowing-and-scraping scenery.
These books remind me of Angela Thirkell, except written by someone a generation younger & so much less painfully right-wing. Miss Read is able to see beauty in a lot of things which would have made Thirkell miserable, like the cheap prizes available at the carnival, and she has quite a few working class characters who are treated as actual people rather than bowing-and-scraping scenery.
November 7, 2017
This book confirms the fact that I’m living my life to the purpose of becoming an elderly woman living in a countryside cottage, naming kittens after appropriate townspeople, and dishing wisdom to bewildered young people.
January 30, 2018
This is my first Miss Read novel - I don’t count Christmas at Thrush Green - and now I understand why so many of my friends are devotees of the series. It’s a delicious slice of Cotswold village life in the 1950s, in which a cross-section of people from various ages and classes rub along together more or less harmoniously. The entire novel takes place on one day - May 1, ‘May Day’ - and the big event is the annual arrival of the carnival belonging to the formidable Mrs. Curdle. The storyline is a well-knit circle of beginnings and endings. A few of the characters have come to the end of their productive working lives, while a few others are just starting out. It is, in several senses, about the change of season - the changing of the guard. It’s also full of such beautiful descriptions of England in May. Read in January, it made me long for spring!
“The horse chestnut trees were beginning to break, their palmate leaves looking like tiny green hands bursting from sticky brown gloves.”
“I had taken almost all her life to realize, consciously, how much the country sights and scents around her had contributed to her inner happiness and had provided zest and comfort in turn.”
“The horse chestnut trees were beginning to break, their palmate leaves looking like tiny green hands bursting from sticky brown gloves.”
“I had taken almost all her life to realize, consciously, how much the country sights and scents around her had contributed to her inner happiness and had provided zest and comfort in turn.”
April 8, 2019
Utterly delightful comfort read, like being wrapped up in a warm blanket with a cuppa hot tea on a cold day! I love these villagers and their quirky ways!
May 2, 2024
“I’ve never been to Thrush Green yet without feelin’ the better for it.” This is almost the closing line of this lovely old-fashioned book, from the internal musings of the memorable character Mrs. Curdle, and I agree. I’m glad there are several more books to look forward to in this series.
In the last few years, my various GR groups have introduced me to numerous British authors and titles from the post-WWII period that I’d never read or heard about. I’m so grateful, as despite often being dismissed as “old-fashioned” or “women’s fiction”, I’ve found some delightful, sentimental (without being mawkish) stories that were not only entertaining, but felt timeless, warm-hearted and charming. Life-affirming, even, as they evoked the old-fashioned values I was raised with, that have served me well overtime.
This book opens as the residents of Thrush Green, a neighborhood of a Cotswold market town, prepare for May 1st, which brings a much-anticipated one-day carnival to the green. Most residents look forward to the annual rite of spring, but there are some cranks who complain. We meet several interesting and delightful characters as they go about their day. The book was written in the 1950s, but it feels like a much simpler earlier time. The fair is run by the Curdle tribe, travelers (or Gypsies, possibly the more familiar term), and the squabbles and concerns of Mrs. Curdle, the matriarch, and her extended family are to the forefront in this book. She’s a wonderful character, and rules her family with a formidable but fair hand.
A delightful, heartwarming, old-fashioned story, recommended if you could use a pick-me-up! I look forward to reading on to see how these characters fare.
In the last few years, my various GR groups have introduced me to numerous British authors and titles from the post-WWII period that I’d never read or heard about. I’m so grateful, as despite often being dismissed as “old-fashioned” or “women’s fiction”, I’ve found some delightful, sentimental (without being mawkish) stories that were not only entertaining, but felt timeless, warm-hearted and charming. Life-affirming, even, as they evoked the old-fashioned values I was raised with, that have served me well overtime.
This book opens as the residents of Thrush Green, a neighborhood of a Cotswold market town, prepare for May 1st, which brings a much-anticipated one-day carnival to the green. Most residents look forward to the annual rite of spring, but there are some cranks who complain. We meet several interesting and delightful characters as they go about their day. The book was written in the 1950s, but it feels like a much simpler earlier time. The fair is run by the Curdle tribe, travelers (or Gypsies, possibly the more familiar term), and the squabbles and concerns of Mrs. Curdle, the matriarch, and her extended family are to the forefront in this book. She’s a wonderful character, and rules her family with a formidable but fair hand.
A delightful, heartwarming, old-fashioned story, recommended if you could use a pick-me-up! I look forward to reading on to see how these characters fare.
January 10, 2025
4 Stars
Beautifully written character driven fiction.
Set in England during the 1950s, this is the village of Thrush Green. A May Day fair, romance, illness, a small mystery, and plenty of beautiful scenery make the story a joy to read. It's the perfect escape. This book has been on my TBR pile for several years, and I'm sorry it took me so long to get to it. *Happy Dance* There are a dozen more books in the series! Yay!
Beautifully written character driven fiction.
Set in England during the 1950s, this is the village of Thrush Green. A May Day fair, romance, illness, a small mystery, and plenty of beautiful scenery make the story a joy to read. It's the perfect escape. This book has been on my TBR pile for several years, and I'm sorry it took me so long to get to it. *Happy Dance* There are a dozen more books in the series! Yay!
November 27, 2020
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This series is about nothing. Really. It’s about nothing. 1950's Seinfeld. Just this place called Thrush Green and the people who live there in the 1950s. No major plot, no Peyton Place drama, absolutely no sex (there's barely chaste kissing), no cliffhangers between books. You get to know the characters and follow them about their very ordinary lives. Each book spans roughly a year. The characters come and go: newcomers arrive; babies are born; lifetime residents pass away. Through it all is this charming village green around which life revolves.
Sounds boring, right? But I am a sucker for this kind of thing. I ripped through Thrush Green and then went on to read the entire Fairacre series. It was stupid how happy these books made me.
Not everyone's definition of delight. But for the people who enjoy this sort of delightful thing, this is the sort of delightful thing they will take great delight in.
This series is about nothing. Really. It’s about nothing. 1950's Seinfeld. Just this place called Thrush Green and the people who live there in the 1950s. No major plot, no Peyton Place drama, absolutely no sex (there's barely chaste kissing), no cliffhangers between books. You get to know the characters and follow them about their very ordinary lives. Each book spans roughly a year. The characters come and go: newcomers arrive; babies are born; lifetime residents pass away. Through it all is this charming village green around which life revolves.
Sounds boring, right? But I am a sucker for this kind of thing. I ripped through Thrush Green and then went on to read the entire Fairacre series. It was stupid how happy these books made me.
Not everyone's definition of delight. But for the people who enjoy this sort of delightful thing, this is the sort of delightful thing they will take great delight in.
June 17, 2024
This is my third Thrush Green book, and just like the others, a balm to the spirit.
Must. Have. More!
Must. Have. More!
December 20, 2015
One of the many reasons I love Miss Read is the fact that her books contain people of all ages, and she treats them all with amused affection. Here we have the story of young Molly and Ben, the gypsy boy who only comes to Thrush Green one day out of every year, when the traveling fair his grandmother presides over comes to town. But we also have Joan and Dr. Lovell, fully adult characters who will also find love. And we see old Dr. Bailey and his wife, who are reaching the end of their years together, still full of love and joy but tinged a bit with remembrance of past days. None of this is forced, as all these people naturally converge on tiny Thrush Green, interacting and influencing each other, sometimes without recognizing it. Real people living real lives. Just lovely.
I also love how well she writes about nature. She describes the trees greening up in spring individually, knowing that beech, sycamore and elm don't all look alike or come into bud at the same time. Her descriptions of walks through the countryside or scenes of the village at night are worth savoring.
Miss Read's books are slow and sweet and full of humanity. Always a pleasure to read, always sad to finish. Fortunately there are many to enjoy.
I also love how well she writes about nature. She describes the trees greening up in spring individually, knowing that beech, sycamore and elm don't all look alike or come into bud at the same time. Her descriptions of walks through the countryside or scenes of the village at night are worth savoring.
Miss Read's books are slow and sweet and full of humanity. Always a pleasure to read, always sad to finish. Fortunately there are many to enjoy.
May 19, 2014
I've read this book some fifty years ago. Now I've read it again and it still makes me smile.
July 10, 2017
The first of the Thrush Green books takes us to the village on May Day during the course of which the book is set. The first of May is the day Mrs Curdle’s Fair comes to the village and there is excitement all over, among adults and children alike. Six-year-old Paul is eagerly awaiting it, just having recovered from a minor illness―and the doctor having allowed him to go to the fair for a while. His aunt, Ruth, recovering from a broken heart and watching over him while his parents are away sees the fair as an escape from her troubles, wanting initially to lead a life like the fair folk. The young doctor, Dr Lovell finds life just like he wants it at Thrush Green but will he be able to stay on? The old doctor meanwhile, also recovering from an illness, wonders whether he can get back to work as he did before. Mrs Curdle has her own problems too, with an illness, and worries about who will take over the fair next, for her grandson Ben, from whom she had hopes seems sullen and uninterested lately. Others in the village and the fair have their own little problems, but that is pretty much what life is. But what makes it different here is the village of Thrush Green, picturesque, beautiful, and leaving everyone with a feeling of peace―the reader not excepted. But this magical first of May brings many the answers they’re looking for, hoping for. I love the gentle world of Miss Read because it is peaceful, calming and makes one feel happy. It isn’t that there are only good things that happen, there are in fact all the ups and downs of everyday life―jobs, money, illness, heartbreak, death, all are there alongside love and joy and happiness. But the place itself, and particularly Miss Read’s powers of description, makes you want leave everything and go live there. Absolutely wonderful read.
June 29, 2017
The title might as well have been "The Fair at Thrush Green" because many of the events are connected to the magical day in May when Mrs. Curdle's fair comes to town. First we see it through the eyes of six-year-old Paul. Then we see it from the perspective of the aging fair owner, the town physician, a pair of young lovers, a cantankerous spinster, and a lonely girl. Miss Read wonderfully describes human emotions without sentimentality. Even the way she writes about the lovers is fresh and light (none of the sweaty palms and goose bumps of most romantic Christian fiction.)
Though people drink, smoke and swear on occasion, this is an utterly charming community that you will learn to love. Many of the characters face their trials bravely and cheerfully, with an eye to serving others, that I find absolutely refreshing in comparison to the self-absorbed characters in much modern fiction.
Though people drink, smoke and swear on occasion, this is an utterly charming community that you will learn to love. Many of the characters face their trials bravely and cheerfully, with an eye to serving others, that I find absolutely refreshing in comparison to the self-absorbed characters in much modern fiction.
April 7, 2025
Enjoyed this leisurely reread, although it definitely confirmed for me that the books get better as they go on! Looking forward very much to continuing the reread.
May 30, 2012
Why I wanted to read it: I have been reading Nan's blog, Letters From a Hill Farm, for quite some time and have enjoyed her book reports and felt like I needed to make time for this book that she loved.
Source: My public library
I have to say that I found this book extremely charming. Sometimes I am just in the mood for a book where I get to spend time with characters and not much happens. Well, at least much in earth-shattering events that is.
I enjoy books that play out over the course of one day and the author captures this perfectly for the reader and the characters come to life very easily in ones mind. I also loved the occasional sketchs to give the reader another vision of the inhabitants of Thrush Green.
If you're looking to slow down a bit in life, to just sit back and spend a day in a bucolic and charming village, then this book may be perfect for you!
The following pfaragraph illustrates perfectly what this book is about:
"I've never been to Thrush Green yet without feelin' the better for it." She climbed heavily into bed sighing happily. "Ah, well! I've had a good day," said Mrs. Curdle, and blew out the light."
Bookish Thoughts #29
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Source: My public library
I have to say that I found this book extremely charming. Sometimes I am just in the mood for a book where I get to spend time with characters and not much happens. Well, at least much in earth-shattering events that is.
I enjoy books that play out over the course of one day and the author captures this perfectly for the reader and the characters come to life very easily in ones mind. I also loved the occasional sketchs to give the reader another vision of the inhabitants of Thrush Green.
If you're looking to slow down a bit in life, to just sit back and spend a day in a bucolic and charming village, then this book may be perfect for you!
The following pfaragraph illustrates perfectly what this book is about:
"I've never been to Thrush Green yet without feelin' the better for it." She climbed heavily into bed sighing happily. "Ah, well! I've had a good day," said Mrs. Curdle, and blew out the light."
Bookish Thoughts #29
© 2012, Staci of Life in the Thumb. All Rights Reserved. If you reading this on a site other than, Life in the Thumb or Staci's feed, be aware that this post has been stolen and is used without permission.
January 26, 2024
There's nothing like a Miss Read book to make all of your cares melt away. Her calming and soothing description of the everyday comings and goings in Thrush Green is enough to make you wish you could live there forever...though maybe not too close to some people (lol).
I was so happy to be reading this series along with the lovely Arpita (@bagfullofbooks on IG) and other amazing book friends this year. It's about time that I reread this beloved book and it was such a treat!
If you're searching for a book to make you feel all the cozy vibes while leaving you with such positive and hopeful thoughts of the future, this is the book for you. The "aftertaste" of this book is like a warm cup of hot chocolate with marshmallows (and extra chocolate shavings on top)!
A highly recommended book (and series overall) from one of my all-time favorite authors 💚
I was so happy to be reading this series along with the lovely Arpita (@bagfullofbooks on IG) and other amazing book friends this year. It's about time that I reread this beloved book and it was such a treat!
If you're searching for a book to make you feel all the cozy vibes while leaving you with such positive and hopeful thoughts of the future, this is the book for you. The "aftertaste" of this book is like a warm cup of hot chocolate with marshmallows (and extra chocolate shavings on top)!
A highly recommended book (and series overall) from one of my all-time favorite authors 💚
March 7, 2018
This is the first book in Miss Read's Thrush Green series and it is an absolute delight to read. I can see why her books are so popular. The entire story takes place within one day, May 1st, the day the fair (carnival) comes to the small English town. The townspeople are filled with excitement at the thought of the once a year event. The day follows everyone from the excited little boy to the aging doctor. You wouldn't think one could fill an entire book with the happenings of one day and still include so many rich details about so many characters. The characters themselves are so diverse and wonderful. These cozy reads are ones I can see myself visiting over and over through the years. I highly recommend this to fans of D. E. Stevenson's Miss Buncle series.
May 18, 2015
Thank you Steena, for a wonderful recommendation! I am in love with Miss Read's books! They are so friendly and homey, that you feel like you really know Dr. Bailey, Mrs. Curdell, Molley Piggot, and Paul's Aunt Ruth. Each beloved character is wound into the story lovingly, and not thrown in hastily, like some books do, giving you a vague idea of what they are supposed to be-but each one has they're very own personality, and the illustrations even fit your idea of what they look like!
February 8, 2022
Lovely, peaceful and extremely good as a brain break. I am sure I will revisit Thrush Green in the near future👒
I was also surprised to find that Virginia Woolf is not such a singularity and that others too can write an entire book about one single day in the lives of a dozen or so characters.
I was also surprised to find that Virginia Woolf is not such a singularity and that others too can write an entire book about one single day in the lives of a dozen or so characters.
March 27, 2021
5 stars
March 6, 2022
Loved this first book of the 'Thrush Green' series . I was lucky enough to find a Penguin copy in a charity shop - originally priced at three shillings and sixpence! I'd only previously read a couple of titles from the 'Fairacre' series and although I loved those I think 'Thrush Green' will be my very favourite. 5 stars 🥰
December 1, 2020
5 stars for being something akin to magical. Nearly a fairy tale. And such divine storytelling. It built and it intertwined and it kept you a little desperate for more.
April 11, 2018
I've read Miss Read for a score of years, in random fashion. My friend Hope prompted me to read through the Thrush Green series in order. My plan is to go slow and savor the Cotswold atmosphere in between weightier reads which require more effort.
I'd put Miss Read in between Barbara Pym and Jan Karon as authors of character-driven book of manners. There are cranks, a thief, and a drunk (perhaps more tipsy than drunk) in this village, but not the sinister stuff you'll find in P.D. James. The romance of couples who come together is gentle and predictable.
Thrush Green was written in post-war 1959. Many English village books have a couple of quirky spinsters who share a nonsexual domestic partnership. Ella and Dimity are Thrush Green's spinsters. One domineers the other, but they stave off loneliness and face life's trials together. I remind myself WWI killed off a quarter of the male population, creating a surplus of unmarried women in a society where teaching and nursing are the few acceptable occupations.
"I've never been to Thrush Green yet - without feelin' better for it." are the final and befitting thoughts of a main character.
P.S. Miss Fogerty prudently sets out her "Clarks sandals" in anticipation of Saturday. I read the reference the day my friend told me how much she loves Clarks ("Shoemakers since 1825") shoes. It makes me laugh because my sister-in-law and I always refer to our dream destination to England's literary sites as the Sturdy Shoe Trip.
I'd put Miss Read in between Barbara Pym and Jan Karon as authors of character-driven book of manners. There are cranks, a thief, and a drunk (perhaps more tipsy than drunk) in this village, but not the sinister stuff you'll find in P.D. James. The romance of couples who come together is gentle and predictable.
Thrush Green was written in post-war 1959. Many English village books have a couple of quirky spinsters who share a nonsexual domestic partnership. Ella and Dimity are Thrush Green's spinsters. One domineers the other, but they stave off loneliness and face life's trials together. I remind myself WWI killed off a quarter of the male population, creating a surplus of unmarried women in a society where teaching and nursing are the few acceptable occupations.
"I've never been to Thrush Green yet - without feelin' better for it." are the final and befitting thoughts of a main character.
P.S. Miss Fogerty prudently sets out her "Clarks sandals" in anticipation of Saturday. I read the reference the day my friend told me how much she loves Clarks ("Shoemakers since 1825") shoes. It makes me laugh because my sister-in-law and I always refer to our dream destination to England's literary sites as the Sturdy Shoe Trip.
Want to read
January 10, 2015WHY IT'S ON MY TO READ LIST: I've just read an Angela Thirkell book and determined I really never want to read anything else she's written, and then I read this review of the Thrush Green series and the reviewer put into words what I couldn't about Thirkell and also made me want to read this series: "These books remind me of Angela Thirkell, except written by someone a generation younger & so much less painfully right-wing. Miss Read is able to see beauty in a lot of things which would have made Thirkell miserable, like the cheap prizes available at the carnival, and she has quite a few working class characters who are treated as actual people rather than bowing-and-scraping scenery."
May 9, 2018
Charming. Some of the descriptions of spring and nature are remeniscent of L.M. Montgomery. Really, take Avonlea and transplant it into rural 1950s England and there you are. A little more poignant and rough, perhaps, in dealing with poverty and other themes, but still gently told with plenty of smiles and tuggings of the heartstrings.
October 9, 2023
Spoiler - possibly
Cozy novel that left me angry because Mrs. Curdle obviously needed gallbladder surgery and that old doctor barely examined her. She and her family were the only interesting characters.
Cozy novel that left me angry because Mrs. Curdle obviously needed gallbladder surgery and that old doctor barely examined her. She and her family were the only interesting characters.
March 24, 2018
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