At Home In Thrush Green: 'Miss Read' (Dora Saint)

Book 8 of Thrush Green. It is spring in the village of Thrush Green. In neighboring Lulling, Charles Henstock admires the blooming garden of his new vicarage,  yet the good vicar wistfully recalls his former home - the ugly, old rectory of Thrush Green, which burned to the ground. Now, from the rectory's ruins, the villagers are building eight retirement homes for the older folks most in need. But how to choose who will live there? How will they get on together? And how will they accommodate the dogs, cats, and birds that must come along?  Meanwhile, Winnie Bailey has an unexpected visitor who brings surprising news; Miss Watson is worried about her brother who has been injured in a car accident and Dotty Harmer seems to be growing more eccentric with every passing day. Cover art by Sophie Mortimer.