Old and new friends find a warm welcome in the cozy English village of Thrush Green -- "Miss Read's novels are sheer delight" (Chicago Tribune).

There had been general dismay when Miss Watson and Miss Fogerty retired to Barton-on-Sea after many years of devoted service teaching the children of Thrush Green, so their visit to see old friends in the village brings great pleasure. The new headmaster, Alan Lester, is cautiously accepted, but rumor is rife about his wife's health.

Meanwhile, farmer Percy Hodge is also the subject of local speculation: Is his strange behavior the result of an infatuation with the young Doreen Lilly? As for affairs at the Lovelocks' house, it is increasingly apparent that Bertha Lovelock is now in her dotage, and a new and most unfortunate habit is the cause of considerable embarrassment to the good people of Lulling. All these matters and more are faced by our old friends against the familiar background and changing seasons of the Cotswolds.

"[A] rambling, gently humorous novel... Heartwarming simplicity." -- Publishers Weekly

• We started tracking this book on January 19, 2011.
• This book was $9.99 when we started tracking it.
• The price of this book has changed 178 times in the past 4,845 days.
• The current price of this book is $11.39 last checked 11 hours ago.
• This lowest price this book has been offered at in the past year is $2.99.
• The lowest price to date was $1.99 last reached on September 10, 2021.
• This book has been $1.99 17 times since we started tracking it.
• The highest price to date was $12.79 last reached on September 22, 2019.
• This book has been $12.79 2 times since we started tracking it.

• Literature & Fiction

• Text-to-Speech: Disabled
• Lending: Disabled
• Print Length: 258 Pages
• File Size: 4,730 KB