Winter in Thrush Green（ISBN=9780618884391）

In the follow-up to Thrush Green, the arrival of a stranger in the village stirs ripples of speculation and interest.

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 *-writer for the BBC. She lives in Berkshire, and was made an MBE for her services to literature.