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Storm in the village

Miss ReadBoyd, Carole(Read by)
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On a blustery March day in the village of Fairacre, Miss Clare sees two strangers, 'pacing slowly, side by side, along the edge of Hundred Acre Field which lay on the other side of Miss Clare's garden hedge...' So begins a story which brings all the villagers of Fairacre together, as they face the prospect of developers who hope to build new houses on the fields adjoining old Mr Miller's farm.

Everyone has an opinion - but not everyone is in agreement about the development.

Under the watchful gaze of Miss Read, the school teacher, we meet old characters and new, from retired teacher Miss Clare and the surly Mrs Pringle, to the new assistant teacher, Miss Jackson - who brings with her problems of her own...

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Product Details
0752885294 / 9780752885292
Audio cassette
823.914
01/12/2006
United Kingdom
English
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5 hr.
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Miss Read's novels have become classics. Published alongside VILLAGE SCHOOL and VILLAGE DIARY. The Miss Read novels have sold over 3 millions copies.
Miss Read's novels have become classics. Published alongside VILLAGE SCHOOL and VILLAGE DIARY. The Miss Read novels have sold over 3 millions copies. FA Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)