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Winter in Thrush Green / Miss Read ; illustrated by J.S. Goodall.

Summary:

A new excitement comes to the village of Thrush Green when the corner house on the green is taken by Harold Shoosmith, a distinguished bachelor who has chosen the village for his retirement. Harold is soon enmeshed in village politics and becomes involved in the private lives of his neighbors as well. His presence has a dramatic effect on Dimity Dean and Ella Bembridge and is the cause of a serious misunderstanding between the two friends. And the village's widowed rector finds in Harold a new friend who gives him the courage to end his lonely state. - Back cover.

Record details

ISBN: 9780618884391
ISBN: 0618884394
Physical Description: 226 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Edition: First Houghton Mifflin paperback edition.
Publisher: Cutchogue, NY : Houghton Mifflin, 2008.
Copyright: ©1983

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:

Part one : The coming of winter. The newcomer -- Wild surmise -- Miss Fogerty rises to the occasion -- Plans for a party -- Nelly Tilling -- All Hallows E'en -- The newcomer settles in -- Sam Curdle is observed -- Part two : Christmas at Thrush Green. The memorial -- Albert Piggott is wooed -- Christmas preparations -- The Fur and Feather Whist Drive -- Christmas Eve -- Christmas Day -- Part three : The New Year. A bitter journey -- Snow at Thrush Green -- Two clues -- Spring fever -- Albert Piggott is won -- Coming home.