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Village Affairs

By: Miss Read
Narrated by: June Barrie
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 The people of Fairacre are up in arms about the possible closure of the village school. This anxious time for Miss Read is made bearable by the support of all her friends and neighbours.©2009 Mrs D J Saint (P)2014 Audible, Inc. Fiction Genre Fiction Feel-Good Village

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Miss Read simply never disappoints. Like all of her work, "Village Affairs" is both beautifully written and moving as well as sweetly funny (with the occasional razor-sharp acerbic remark). Fairacre seems both so different and distant - a place worlds and ages away - and yet so timeless and easily recognisable. We all know people like the maddening Mrs Pringle or Miss Read's friend Amy.
Listening to Miss Read always guarantees several hours of pure joy and gentle escapism! Most recommended.

Miss Read never disappoints!

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The author excels at the portrayal of school and village as it used to be. She writes with warmth and wit.

Humour and suspense

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If you could sum up Village Affairs in three words, what would they be?

homely , country, funny

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another one of the series of these homely books reminiscent of a different era

Joyfull catching up with the secrets of the villag

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Miss Read has a way of transporting you to a way of life, that in my opinion was much better than it is now, no mobile phones, no social media, no games console , a time that i miss.
read perfectly by June Barrie

perfect escape

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This was an enjoyable glimpse of an idealised world that that is long gone and probably never existed.

Gentle Escapism

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