Farther Afield (The Fairacre Series #11) - Hardcover

Miss Read

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0395204275 ISBN 13: 9780395204276

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin, 1975

Synopsis

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.

About this title

About the Author:

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. 

Review:

"Miss Read has three great gifts--an unerring intuition about human frailty, a healthy irony, and surprisingly, an almost beery sense of humor." (The New Yorker)

"Humor guides her pen but charity steadies it. Her portraits are delightful." (Time Literary Supplement (London))

About this edition

• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
• Publication date: 1975
• ISBN 10: 0395204275
• ISBN 13: 9780395204276
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 224
• Illustrator: J. S. Goodall