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Christmas at Thrush Green

By: Miss Read
Narrated by: Nicolette McKenzie
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The villagers of Thrush Green celebrate Christmas traditionally, in a way that has hardly changed over the generations. Children eagerly hang up their stockings, families go to church together and everyone enjoys the treats of the festive season. And when it snows as the carol singers make their way round the cottages on the green, it looks as if Christmas will be perfect this year. But not everything is as peaceful as it seems.

Phyllida and Frank have their work cut out for them when they agree to take on the Nativity play - made all the more difficult by an outbreak of chickenpox. The indomitable Ella has lived in Thrush Green for as long as anyone can remember, but lately she has been behaving strangely. Then there are the dreadful Burwells, newcomers to Thrush Green, who cause something of a stir with their 'home improvements'.

For Nelly, owner of The Fuchsia Bush tea shop, Christmas is an especially busy time, with people dropping in for much-needed refreshment, weary from all their Christmas shopping. But then she receives an unexpected letter.

©2009 Miss Read (P)2017 Audible, Ltd

Critic Reviews

"There is something profoundly consoling about a novel by Miss Read." (Stephanie Cross, The Lady)
"Packed with unforgettable characters, enchanting stories and festive cheer." ( South Wales Argus)

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Got insomnia?

So boring. Honestly, it just seems to be a big pile of characters doing stuff that wasn’t interesting in the mid 18th century and seems even less relevant and interesting today. I wanted a nice Christmas story but instead there’s some paralysingly dull whiffle about a statue with a bit of bird poo on it and about four thousand characters, all introduced in the first chapter, and I don’t care about any of them.

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