Name: Farther Afield
Brand: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
SKU: 884360
Price: 15.53 USD
Availability: InStock
Author: Miss Read
ISBN: 9780618884360

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Title: Farther Afield
By: Miss Read
Format: Paperback
Number of Pages: 224
Vendor: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Publication Date: 2007

Dimensions: 8.25 X 5.50 (inches)
Weight: 8 ounces
ISBN: 061888436X
ISBN-13: 9780618884360
Series: Fairacre Chronicles
Stock No: WW884360

Publisher's Description

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Open the gate to Fairacre, America’s favorite English village.

The end of a school year often brings unmitigated rapture for schoolteachers, and so it should for Miss Read, schoolmistress in the charming English village of Fairacre. But on the very first day of the long summer holiday, she falls and breaks her arm. Just when her summer seems ruined, her old friend, Amy Garfield, comes to her aid with a diverting suggestion. They travel to Crete for two weeks, and the change of scene provides a welcome break for both of them. When Miss Read returns, refreshed, to her beloved village, she is ready to tackle the problems that await her.

Author Bio

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Miss Read (1913-2012) was 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.