Miss Read
Affairs at Thrush Green (1984)
Author: Miss Read
Genre: Gentle
Plot Summary:
Affairs at Thrush Green focuses on the efforts of the local vicar, Charles Henstock, as he goes about his duties to the residents of Thrush Green and the neighboring villages. Henstock has only recently moved to nearby Lulling and is slowly getting the lay of the land and gaining the respect on his new congregation. He must settle disputes concerning not only the running of the church, but also the rivalry between two of the local business establishments.
Geographical Setting: Rural England
Time Period: Mid-20th Century
Series: Thrush Green series
Appeal Characteristics:
Affairs at Thrush Green is a very leisurely paced story, with a pleasent literary tone, and presented in an episodic form. The book is filled with well defined and often rather eccentric characters that, at times, makes for a rather humorous read. Miss Read also does an excellent job of describing the small villages themselves, as well as the English country side.
Read-alikes:For more of the character and country side found in this book try Thrush Green as it is the first in the Thrush Green series written by Miss Read. She also writes the Fairacre Chonicles, the first of which is entitled Village School. Jan Karon's At Home in Mitford is set in America, but has a similar feel and emphasis on setting and characters. All Creatures Great and Small by James Herriot is also set in the English country side and follows a veterinarian through his work, just as Affairs follows the local vicar. The Ladies of Covington Send Their Love by Joan A. Medicott is the first in a series that is set in North Carolina and follows the lives of three women in their sixties that move out of a retirement into an old farmhouse. The series is presented in a similar episodic manner as the Thrush Green series and focuses on the lives of its characters.
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