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It's the May Day holiday, and a fair has come to the village of Thrush Green. The residents of Thrush Green all have their own views about the fair. For young Paul, just recovered from an illness, it is a joy to be allowed out to play at the fair; for Ruth, who returned to the soothing tranquility of Thrush Green nursing a broken heart, the fair is a welcome distraction from her own problems. And for Dr Lovell, the fair brings an unexpected new patient.

Then there is Mrs Curdle, the long-standing matriarch of the fair. For her, this year's visit to Thrush Green awakens mixed feelings, and a difficulty she doesn't want to face.©1959 Miss Read; (P)2007 Orion Publishing Group Ltd Contemporary Fiction Fiction Genre Fiction Heartfelt
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What a brilliant first introduction to a lovely new village with a great number of interesting characters all with stories to tell

Miss Read strikes again

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For those of us who can remember the 1950s, this is a look back to the best of those days, when doctors knew and had time for their patients, where life was slower, simpler and less crowded. Perhaps not as well written as my previous read of P D James, but infinitely preferable to the dark and graphic descriptions of violence, spite and hatred so frequently a part of modern fiction. I wonder why, though, Clare Higgins is credited as the reader when the narrative clearly states it is June Barrie.

Complete escapism

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Gorgeous book if you want an uplifting, happy read and nothing too heavy. So cosy and warm are the characters and the descriptions that you lose yourself in a bygone, simpler era. Like a warm old jumper- it’s so comfortable, safe and puts you at ease. Just love Miss Read books.

Delightful

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never lets me down, whimsical and interesting .

nice read from a great author

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A changing of the old gard for the new in Thrush Green. As warming as hot chocolate and as beutifuly read as anything on BBC radio by Clare Higgins. Nothing to challenge but much I found to engage.

A mug of hot chocolate

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