Gossip from Thrush Green

by Miss Read

Book Overview

GOSSIP FROM THRUSH GREEN returns readers to the delightful English village, neighbor to Fairacre, for a golden summer. But this sleepy, pristine setting conceals a flurry of activity amongst the villagers. Rumor has it that Mr. Venables is considering retirement just as the village's teacher is about to make an important decision. Molly Curdle prepares for a new baby. The kindly vicar, Charles Henstock, works on his sermon -- quite unaware of the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0618219137
• ISBN13: 9780618219131
• Release Date: May 2002
• Publisher: Harper Paperbacks
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.4" x 8.1"

Customer Reviews

gossip from thrush green

one of better ones just loved,it she always works a whole year of peoples lives in her village, takes you right into their homes, fears happyness just great really enjoy it very much you will too.

The inimitable world of Thrush Green, perfectly narrated by Gwen Watford

I discovered the world of Miss Read's English villages several years ago, and when I am in a certain mood there's nothing like revisiting Thrush Green, or Fairacre, or the market town of Caxley. By now I have probably listened to all the books in audio format, and hands down my favorite narrator for this material is Gwen Watford. This production of Gossip from Thrush Green is no exception. Watford adeptly voices the inhabitants of the tiny village - the kindly rector, the grouchy church sexton, eccentric Dolly Harmer, the schoolteachers, retirees, postmen, and all. "Gossip from Thrush Green" finds Dolly Harmer in trouble, Charles and Dimity Henstock coping with a housing disaster, young renters disrupting the peace at night, the school teachers deciding whether to retire, and curmudgeonly Albert Piggot finding his equal in stubbornness in the form of Dolly's goat Dulcie. This is neither the most dramatic or least interesting book in the Thrush Green series; it is another visit to see how the lives of the people there are moving along. I don't know if these books are "timeless" - whatever that means. They are obviously set in the 20th Century and reflect their times, but they remain in my library and do not seem stale or dated to me even after repeated readings. Or in this case, listening sessions.