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Storm in the Village: The third novel in the Fairacre series

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On a blustery March day in the village of Fairacre, Miss Clare sees two strangers, 'pacing slowly, side by side, along the edge of Hundred Acre Field which lay on the other side of Miss Clare's garden hedge...'

So begins a story which brings all the villagers of Fairacre together, as they face the prospect of developers who hope to build new houses on the fields adjoining old Mr Miller's farm. Everyone has an opinion - but not everyone is in agreement about the development.

Under the watchful gaze of Miss Read, the school teacher, we meet old characters and new, from retired teacher Miss Clare and the surly Mrs Pringle, to the new assistant teacher, Miss Jackson - who brings with her problems of her own...

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Miss Read

Miss Read

Miss Read was a teacher by profession who started writing after the

Second World War. In additional to her novels, she has written on

educational and country matters, and worked as a script-writer for the

BBC. She lives in Berkshire, and was made an MBE for her services to

literature.

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