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Mrs Griffin Sends Her Love: And Other Writings
Mrs Griffin Sends Her Love And Other Writings Author:Miss Read From organizing the school summer fete. . . "Because of our inability to recognize our climatic shortcomings from the outset, arrangements for outdoor jollities get completely out of hand". . . to the sometimes rather odd passions of childhood: "I collect stones with holes in them." Miss Read captures the essence of rural life, and in particular... more » of village schools, as only she can. This collection also includes extracts from her letters: "Michael Joseph wrote after the Observer thing and is throwing out feelers for a book. I shall know if he still feels like it?me too!?after we've met." It will also include an Introduction on how 'Miss Read' was first created: "Miss Read was born fully clothed in sensible garments and aged about 40. She was born, in fact, when I was struggling to write my first book and needed a village schoolmistress as the narrator."« less