Friends at Thrush Green（ISBN=） 英文原版

Miss Read’s charming Thrush Green series continues with Friends
at Thrush Green. There had been general dismay when Miss Watson and
Miss Fogerty retired to Barton-on-the-Sea after many years of
devoted service teaching the children of Thrush Green, so their
visit to see old friends in the village brings great pleasure. The
new headmaster, Alan Lester, is cautiously accepted, but rumor is
rife about his wife’s health. Meanwhile, Farmer Percy Hodge is also
the subject of local speculation: Is his strange behavior the
result of an infatuation with the young Doreen Lilly? As for
affairs at the Lovelocks’ house, it is increasingly apparent that
Bertha Lovelock is now in her dotage and a new and most unfortunate
habit is the cause of considerable embarrassment to the good people
of Lulling. All these matters and more are faced by our old friends
against the familiar background and changing seasons of the English
Cotswolds.

Friends Return
Looking Ahead
News of Old Friends
Bertha Lovelock Causes Concern
Trouble at the Lovelocks’
Charles Henstock Does His Best
Preparing to Move
Term Begins
Family Affairs
Crisis for Violet Lovelock
Where is Emily Cooke?
An Accident in Lulling
Percy Hodge’s Busy Day
Mixed Problems
Friends at Thrush Green
Christmas and After
Changes for the Better
The Birthday Party
Several Shocks
Weddings