News from Thrush Green - Miss Read

Newcomers to a village like Thrush Green always attract attention, and when the newcomers are an apparently single woman and a little boy, curtains are twitching and tongues are wagging. However, when Phil (Phyllida) Prior and son Jeremy settle into their new home, the villagers are all welcoming, particularly Winne Bailey, the doctor's wife, and Harold Shoosmith, widower of the parish. But Phil has a background and is rather mysterious about it. When the villagers find out, it is not long before they show Phil their support, enabling her to begin a new life and career, which she particularly values when tragedy strikes. Will she settle down with Harold, who is so much ...  Read the complete review