Thrush Green: Battles at Thrush Green (Paperback)

from DeltaQueen50

A wonderful comfort read, Battles At Thrush Green by Miss Read (Dora Saint) gives it's readers a slice of rural British life in the late 1950's to early 1960's delving into the affairs of the residents that live in and around Thrush Green. The battles referred to in the title are small, but nonet...

from DeltaQueen50

A wonderful comfort read, Battles At Thrush Green by Miss Read (Dora Saint) gives it's readers a slice of rural British life in the late 1950's to early 1960's delving into the affairs of the residents that live in and around Thrush Green. The battles referred to in the title are small, but nonet...

from auntieknickers

A lovely escape read, into an English village where the "battles" are never very bloody. Along about March, when the snow is dirty and the weather can still be nasty, I long to escape to the Cotswolds and Miss Read's villages. Fortunately, all that's needed is a library card.

from debs4jc

What I remember most about this book is a quote from one of the characters, in one of the scenes where a group of the older ladies of Thrush Green are chatting over tea. They are discussing the winter doldrums and one of the ladies says "I always buy a new pair of shoes in January and that perks ...

from dkvietzke

Another good Miss Read novel about Thrush Green, a neighboring villige to Fairacre. Some of these characters are so lovable you wish you could meet them in real life (plus a trip to the Cotswolds would be a plus!)