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It's almost Christmas. Cecilia lies sick in bed as her family bustle around her to make her last Christmas as special as...

Summer at Fairacre charmingly recounts this bright, bustling season and the problems and possibilities that unfold against the...

'People in Fairacre simply won't stand for their children being uprooted, and carted away in buses like so many - er, so...

Thrush Green is buzzing with gossip, which everyone is keen to share with two ex-schoolteachers, who have returned to visit their...

When Miss Read took early retirement, she anticipated days of relaxation and calm. She couldn't have been more wrong! Instead she...

Charles Henstock, vicar of Thrush Green is living in his new vicarage after the old one burned down. In its place, eight...

Charles Henstock, rector of Thrush Green, has difficulty living up to his predecessor when he moves to the parish of Lulling. He...

Ellen has been living on her own in a picturesque if damp cottage in Cheshire since her husband abandoned her to go and live with...

Dulcie Ballantyne knows that creative writers' groups attract an unlikely mix of people, so when she starts up Hidden Talents,...

It's almost Christmas. But for Ali, the season of good cheer is the anniversary of her baby's death. As she stands at her son's...

Hilary had always thought she'd lived a charmed life. With a caring husband, David and two lively children, she took an active...

Charlotte Lawrence, widowed at thirty-four, decides to return to all things pre-Peter, and that means moving back to the Cheshire...

In the heart of the Cheshire countryside, Cholmford Hall Mews, a converted eighteenth-century barn, is far more than an exclusive...

In order to spend more time with her four-year-old son Ned, Clara Costello trades in her secure, well-paid job and two-seater...

Harriet Swift thinks she has the perfect life - a satisfying career, her own flat and a new boyfriend who respects her need for...

Preston... , Child...

Two brothers bound by blood, divided by hate . . .

FBI agent Aloysius Pendergast’s greatest enemy is one who has stalked him...

It's Spring again in the village of Thrush Green and with the changing season comes change for many of the villagers.

An...

As the early sunshine begins to warm Thrush Green, it looks as if it is going to be a golden summer. But in this apparently...

Children's voices ring out from the school playground; in the distance there is the gentle hum of a lawnmower; and all around the...

'No matter how devoted, dedicated, conscientious and altogether noble a teacher is, I feel pretty sure that each and every one...

Miss Read heard about the sale of Tyler's Row from the always well-informed Mrs Pringle - and before long Fairacre is alive with...

'The story of the village goes back a long, long time, and it still goes on. I have listened to my neighbours' accounts of tales...

When Kate worked at the Barleybridge Practice, she had thought herself in love with Scott. But that was years ago and she is over...

When Stella Simmons comes to the Devonshire village of Burracombe to start her teaching career, she is alone in the world....

The arrival of a stranger in the village of Thrush Green stirs up ripples of speculation and interest. Not only does the village...

It's the May Day holiday and a fair has come to the village of Thrush Green. The residents of Thrush Green all have their own...

On a blustery March day in the village of Fairacre, Miss Clare sees two strangers, 'pacing slowly, side by side, along the edge...

In her first book Village School Miss Read gave a picture of the small but detailed world of a typical primary school in a remote...

Two women - one Irish, one American - exchange homes for the summer; their unlikely and touching friendship unveils secrets and...

Cathy Scarlet and Tom Feather have decided to create the best catering company in Dublin. They have the perfect premises, heaps...