- Audio CD
- Publisher: Orion (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd ); Abridged edition edition (Aug 7 2008)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0752899074
- ISBN-13: 978-0752899077
- Product Dimensions: 14.1 x 1.4 x 13.7 cm
- Shipping Weight: 118 g
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #699,635 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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"No matter how devoted, dedicated, conscientious and altogether noble a teacher is, I feel pretty sure that each and everyone feels the same sense of freedom and relief from her chains when the end of term arrives..." So it is for Miss Read - but on the very first day of the long summer holiday she falls and breaks her arm. Instantly, all her plans for the holidays are in tatters. But Miss Read's friend, Amy, comes up with a plan: and so it is that the two of them leave Fairacre for the island of Crete. The change of scene provides a welcome break for both women, giving Miss Read the opportunity to recuperate, and for them both to discuss the merits of single and married life. And when Miss Read returns, refreshed, to Fairacre, she is ready to tackle the problems which await her...
About the Author
A Carleton Hobbs Award Winner, Carole Boyd has worked extensively in radio drama and features, and is famously known as Lynda Snell in The Archers. In 1998 she won an APA Audio Award for The Land Girls and a British Talkie Award for The God of Small Things. In 2001 she won an SWPA Silver Award for Middlemarch. Carol has read numerous Miss Read titles for Orion Audiobooks. 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 script-writer for the BBC. She lives in Berkshire, and was made an MBE for her services to literature.
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4.6 out of 5 stars (5 customer reviews)
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
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Married or Single? Which is best?, April 2 2010
By Miz Ellen "all the letters of my real name" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Farther Afield (Paperback)
Among the many delightful books by "Miss Read", FARTHER AFIELD afield is unique in that part of the action takes place on the island of Crete, far outside the cozy circle of English villages that the dedicated follower of this series has come to know and love.The book opens just as the school term is ending. Our schoolteacher heroine (also the first person narrator) is looking forward to the summer and has many projects planned for her leisure time. Disaster strikes on the first day! She suffers a accident injuring both an arm and a leg. In one fell stroke, all the simple tasks of everyday living become unbearably difficult if not impossible. Although she has always enjoyed her single status, she wonders glumly if she should have married in order to have someone to help her in this extremity.
Rescue comes from her longtime friend Amy. Amy takes in her old chum as a house guest. But Miss Read realizes that her friend is unhappy and the cause is not hard to determine. Amy's husband is having an affair with a younger woman and Amy is facing the possible end of her marriage.
The two old friends silently support one another in their misfortunes. When Amy's husband refuses to take a long-planned vacation to Crete with his wife, Miss Read is invited along as Amy's companion. "Miss Read" has always delighted her followers with her acute observations; now she takes these "farther afield" and the result is like a delightful holiday.
Everyone they meet has causes for unhappiness. The debate of whether it is better to be single or married is never settled but rest assured that our intrepid friends will find that time heals most wounds.
One note: this page claims that this is the 11th in the Fairacre Series. My edition is identical in text but the cover claims it as "the 14th in the Series". I think it must depend on how they are counting.
3 of 4 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
I love this author all of her characters come to life., May 11 2009
By Kelly J. Lindstrom "Book Lover" - Published on Amazon.com
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This review is from: Farther Afield (Paperback)
This was just another great story telling by this author. She makes you feel that the people are alive.
3 of 4 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
A Bit Different, April 9 2008
By Elsie Hickman "booklover" - Published on Amazon.com
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This review is from: Farther Afield (Paperback)
This book mostly takes place outside of Fairacre -- and is a revealing insight into the characters of Miss Read and her best friend Amy. It also gives insight into the relationship of women and their husbands in the 1960's.
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