Make a visit to this English village: “What you will find in the novels of Miss Read is an aura of warm happiness.” —The Columbus Dispatch In the quaint English village of Thrush Green, a terrible fire has burned the rectory to the ground. Now, kindly vicar Charles Henstock has been appointed to the neighboring town of Lulling and its combined parishes. But while he enjoys the beautiful Queen Anne house provided for him, and his pleasant new surroundings, going to a new church is never easy: Poor Dr. Henstock has encountered some very redoubtable females in Lulling; a full-scale power struggle erupts over the question of kneeling cushions for the Lady Chapel; and other difficulties revolve around the crotchety old sexton Albert Piggott. Meanwhile, a mysterious stranger arrives at the Fuschia Bush café, and its rivalry with the Two Pheasants becomes more acute. One knows, however, that Miss Read will set everything right in the end. “Affairs at Thrush Green will surely delight all those addicted to Miss Read . . . and may well make converts of those who read her here for the first time.” —The Plain Dealer
AUTHOR’S SEQUEL ROMANCE NOVEL OF MYSTERY AND INTRIGUE TO THE HEIDI CONUNDRUM The Heidi Conundrum created an opportunity for Mathew Allen, a Melbourne-based real estate agent and property developer, who specialises in sourcing, developing, and directing clients’ investments and who, once teamed with Milly, became involved with a nefarious Hong Kong banking group. When meeting them to hold something over Mathew, the bankers introduced a lady of the night. But Heidi was no ordinary honey pot. Thus, a mysterious conundrum eventuated resulting in them falling in love. Mathew returned to Melbourne, and it was up to Heidi to make a massive change in her life. The book ends with, Will she or won’t she? The sequel commences with Heidi on the plane readying to land in Melbourne, and she is still debating whether she has made the right move. However, she has another plan up her sleeve, which involves Mathew and his team of professional property consultants, whom she must meet to and decide if together, they can bring her impossible dream to fruition. Later, Heidi conspires to take Mathew back to Hoi An to reconnect with her influential brother, who with Heidi’s manipulative manoeuvring, envisages a truly incredible idea that will boost her unrealistic dream of becoming a major international vision. And this will entice a major Las Vegas criminal organisation to seek a controlling influence. The expansion of Mathew’s business creates the opportunity to meld his family into the enterprise and an unexpected future direction is a bombshell for one of his children.
Tongues are wagging in this charming novel of English village life— “If you’ve ever enjoyed a visit to Mitford, you’ll relish a visit to Thrush Green” (Jan Karon, #1 New York Times–bestselling author). 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 disaster that will overtake him. However, there is never any doubt that all will end well in this very English village. “There is a special kind of English writer who writes deceptively simple evocations of English rural life. . . . It is not earth-shattering, but it reveals the fragility of even the most ordinary lives, the courage and stoicism with which people respond to adversity, their generosity in friendship and their gratitude for small pleasures.” —The Washington Post “Bid a joyful welcome to old friends and new . . . in their beloved . . . Thrush Green, the happy world to which Miss Read introduced us so many years ago.” —Publishers Weekly
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