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  • Thrush Green

    A Novel

    by Miss Read ...
    Series Book 1 - The Beloved Thrush Green Series
    Discover the little English village that neighbors Fairacre, in a novel that's "enchanting, lovely, gentle, pointed, and charming" ( Minneapolis Sunday Tribune).Miss Read's charming chronicles of English small-town life have achieved legendary popularity, providing a welcome return to a gentler time with "wit, humor, and wisdom in equal measure" ( The Plain Dealer).Welcome to Thrush Green, the ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Caxley Chronicles

    The Market Square and the Howards of Caxley

    by Miss Read ...
    Two novels following the intertwined lives of a pair of English families through the world wars, by the beloved author of the Fairacre series.Set in the quiet country town neighboring the village of Fairacre, The Caxley Chronicles follow two families, the Howards and the Norths, through the tumultuous first half of the twentieth century. The first novel, The Market Square, portrays the deep-rooted ... Read more

    $17.29 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Village School

    by Miss Read ...
    The first novel in the beloved Fairacre series, Village School introduces us to the remarkable schoolmistress Miss Read and her lovable group of students, who, with a mixture of skinned knees and smiles, are just as likely to lose themselves as their mittens...Welcome to the English village of Fairacre: a handful of thatch-roofed cottages, a church, the school, the promise of fair weather, ... Read more

    Was $11.99 USD Now $9.99 USD

  • Christmas at Thrush Green

    by Miss Read ...
    Series series Thrush Green
    A heartwarming, nostalgic Christmas novel, set in a beautiful Cotswold village'There is something profoundly consoling about a novel by Miss Read' The Lady'Sometimes funny, sometimes touching, always appealing' New York TimesThe villagers of Thrush Green celebrate Christmas traditionally, in a way that has hardly changed over the generations. Children eagerly hang up their stockings, families go ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

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  • Fresh from the Country

    by Miss Read ...
    ‘I’m looking for two really trustworthy rabbits and six sensible clear-speaking frogs!’Young Anna Lacey has spent most of her life on a farm in Essex. But her first teaching position carries her to an unattractive, newly constructed suburb where she has to adjust to cramped lodgings, a skinflint landlady, overcrowded classrooms, and eccentric colleagues (‘a rum lot’). She must also adapt some of ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

  • Early Days

    by Miss Read ...
    The enchanting childhood memoirs of bestselling author Miss Read.Miss Read's early days were spent with two remarkable grandmothers - one in Lewisham and one in Walton-on-the-Naze. EARLY DAYS is full of childhood memories of an extended family of uncles, aunts and cousins and their houses full of mystery and adventure, where Miss Read spent so much time, living in the shadow of the First World War ... Read more

    Was $5.99 USD Now $2.99 USD

  • News from Thrush Green

    A Novel

    by Miss Read ...
    Series Book 3 - The Beloved Thrush Green Series
    From the author of the Fairacre series: "The more turbulent the real world, the more charming we may find the stability of Miss Read's tiny fictional world." — Los Angeles TimesThrush Green is never quite as quiet as it first appears. When a local, long-empty cottage called Tullivers shows signs of occupancy, the village whispers in excitement. Phil, a lovely woman with a young son, has been ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • A Peaceful Retirement

    A Novel

    by Miss Read ...
    Series Book 20 - The Beloved Fairacre Series
    "If you've ever enjoyed a visit to Mitford, you'll relish a visit to Fairacre." —Jan KaronAfter many years of teaching in the charming English village of Fairacre, Miss Read settles down to what she hopes will be a relaxing retirement. But, of course, it is not entirely so. Having bid farewell to her pupils at Fairacre School, Miss Read finds herself as busy and in demand as ever: on holiday in ... Read more

    $11.59 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Return to Thrush Green

    A Novel

    by Miss Read ...
    Series Book 5 - The Beloved Thrush Green Series
    Both the good and the bad find sanctuary in an English village— "You'll relish a visit to Thrush Green" (Jan Karon, #1 New York Times–bestselling author).It's spring again in the village of Thrush Green, and with the changing of the seasons comes change in the lives of many villagers. The Young family's tranquility is disrupted by the sudden arrival of Joan's father, while Molly and Ben Curdle ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Tiggy

    by Miss Read ...
    An enchanting true story about a cat who came to stay by the bestselling author of the Fairacre series.'Never again,' they said, when their beloved cat was run down on the busy road near the cottage where they lived.But they hadn't reckoned on Tiggy. A stray cat fiercely protective of her kittens, Tiggy was soon befriended by Miss Read - although it took some time before Tiggy allowed her kittens ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

  • No Holly for Miss Quinn

    A Novel

    by Miss Read ...
    Series Book 12 - The Beloved Fairacre Series
    A mysterious Fairacre villager receives an unexpected Christmas gift in this heartwarming holiday novel from the popular author of the Thrush Green series.Nobody in Fairacre knows much about Miss Quinn, which is a rare state of affairs and much regretted by the villagers. Apart from the fact that she lives in the annex to Mrs. Benson's house and that she works in Caxley, her past history and the ... Read more

    $18.79 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Over the Gate

    A Novel

    by Miss Read ...
    Series Book 5 - The Beloved Fairacre Series
    "Here you'll find delicious wit, quirky characters, the colorful intrigues of daily life, and certainly love and laughter. . . . Delightful." —Jan KaronThroughout her years as schoolmistress, Miss Read has gathered excellent accounts of the rich and varied history of her beloved English village, often through neighborly conversation over the gate. Fairacre has garnered its share of odd incidents, ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus