| #8919267 in Books | 1998-02-01 | Formats: Large Print, Import | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | File type: PDF | 189 pages||0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.| Life after retirement|By Diane Thompson|Fairacre's beloved headmistress Miss Read has retired and is looking forward to days of peaceful solitude and to the luxury of being able to do whatever she wants whenever she wants. Instead she finds demands on her time from concerned who are determined that she find something to do. She must also cope with the attentions of tw||"An occasional cisit to Fairacre offers a restful change from the freneic pace of the contempory world." (Publishers Weekly)|About the Author|Miss Read is the pseudonym of Mrs. Dora Saint, a former schoolteacher bel
Far from peaceful, Miss Read's first year of retirement is filled with homespun adventures, as this charming book brings the Fairacre series of novels to a close. Having bid farewell to her pupils at Fairacre School, Miss Read finds herself as busy and in demand as ever, on holiday in Florence, helping with church and school affairs, and offering a kindly ear to her often eccentric neighbors. Soon she is counseling Henry Mawne on his thorny marriage, gently resisting her...
You can specify the type of files you want, for your device.Peaceful Retirement (Windsor Selections S) | Miss" "Read. I really enjoyed this book and have already told so many people about it!
