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Summer at Fairacre

By: Miss Miss Read
Narrated by: Prunella Scales
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Summer at Fairacre charmingly recounts this bright, bustling season and the problems and possibilities that unfold against the backdrop of roses, skylarks and bees...

Joseph Coggs finds a temporary home in the schoolhouse while his mother is in the hospital. Miss Read’s friend Amy mysteriously disappears. And, perhaps most difficult of all, Mrs. Pringle, the grumpy school cleaner, is unable to work because of her ‘bad leg’. Still, the sounds of children playing and the fragrance of summertime flowers fill the air, as Miss Read shepherds her students and friends through the warm season.

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this is all entirely perfect. so well read, so charming and funny. a pitch perfect glimpse into a golden past

love miss read, love p. scales

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I was there, watching motes of dust in the empty classroom. smelling lilac in the warm evenings and dipping my finger into a delicious jar of lemon curd. what is not to love about this book.

brain and soul bliss

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Despite being meaningful and somewhat acerbic and witty, these Fairacre books are like a hug in book form. Gentle tales of times gone by. I utterly love them!

However, I have listened to all the Fairacre books and Prunella Scales is just wrong as narrator. Too upper class sounding, which makes it hard to follow. There are ‘dacks’ instead of ducks for example. She also doesn’t pace her speech as well as the other narrators. My favourite narrator so far is June Barrie.

Another lovely story from Fairacre

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A wonderful tale. Lovely to be transported back to simpler and more gentle times. Prunella Scales fits Miss read’s persona admirably. More please

Excellent

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Such a simple story and nice to go back in time e narration was perfect

Very enjoyable

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