A weight-losing recipe sends a portly Victor ian housemaid literally sky-high. The queen of copycats driv ers her patient neighbour mad with rage. And then there is t he tragic tale of the ghost of Fairacre. '
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Miss Read is the pseudonym of Mrs. Dora Saint, a former schoolteacher beloved for her novels of English rural life, especially those set in the fictional villages of Thrush Green and Fairacre. The first of these, Village School, was published in 1955, and Miss Read continued to write until her retirement in 1996. In the 1998, she was awarded an MBE, or Member of the Order of the British Empire, for her services to literature. She lives in Berkshire.
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Another great book from Miss Read,
By Barbara B. (Oregon, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Over the Gate (The Fairacre Series #5) (Paperback)
It's hard for me to be completely objective about this book since I am a tremendous fan of Miss Read's books and enjoy every "trip" I make to Fair Acre and environs!
This one is actually a series of stories concerning disparate characters from the past and present who live in the Fair Acre area. Each is woven beautifully into the narrative with rare skill and charm. You'll meet some memorable people and go from laughter to tears ....
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Horrible Kindle edition; great book,
By jSouth "The customer may not always be right,... (Midwest, USA) - See all my reviews
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A wonderful "Miss Read" book is ruined by being riddled with page after page of typos in this slipshod Kindle version. How do you print "die" instead of "the" for three pages running? One of these Miss Read volumes even had (more comically), "boob" for "book" and "fart" for "fact". There are even typos that a basic spell check would have caught. Very sad indeed. On a brighter note, Amazon did take this back and refund my money.
3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
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A very good read.,
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This review is from: Over the Gate (The Fairacre Series #5) (Paperback)
Miss Read has been a favorite for many years, very comforting reading, love for Fairacre pupils and parents is very evident. To read of the "ole time", and yet not that ole when life was simpler is refreshing.
Yvonne
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Over the Gate, Fred Hurst, Miss Clare, Miss Read, Harvest Festival, Beech Green, Jane Morgan, Outlook Unsettled, Tale of Love, Lucy Colgate, Sally Gray, The Wayfarer, The Old Man of the Sea, Black Week, Joseph Coggs, Post Office, Elsie Parker, The Portrait, John Blundell, The Fairacre Ghost, Lucy Kelly, Doctor Martin, Sir Edmund, Sir Francis, First World War Browse Sample Pages:
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Over the Gate, Fred Hurst, Miss Clare, Miss Read, Harvest Festival, Beech Green, Jane Morgan, Outlook Unsettled, Tale of Love, Lucy Colgate, Sally Gray, The Wayfarer, The Old Man of the Sea, Black Week, Joseph Coggs, Post Office, Elsie Parker, The Portrait, John Blundell, The Fairacre Ghost, Lucy Kelly, Doctor Martin, Sir Edmund, Sir Francis, First World War Browse Sample Pages:
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