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1	Daisy Fay and the Miracle Man more books like this by Fannie Flagg add to wishlist The bestselling author of "Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe" pens a hilarious look at life in the South during the '50s. It begins when Daisy Fay is a feisty, lonely 11-year-old, and ends six years later when she's the unlikely winner of the Miss Mississippi contest. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
2	An Irish Country Doctor more books like this by Patrick Taylor add to wishlist In this charming and engrossing tale, a recent medical school graduate arrives in a rural Irish village to be an assistant to an older physician. The young doctor soon finds out more about life--and love--than he ever imagined back in medical school. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $11.05! \| first editions \| SVS
3	An Irish Country Christmas more books like this by Patrick Taylor add to wishlist Readers will enjoy this heartwarming tale of Yuletide merriment by the "New York Times"-bestselling author of "An Irish Country Doctor." see all copies from $4.07! new only from $8.90! \| first editions \| SVS
4	The Memory of Old Jack more books like this by Wendell Berry add to wishlist In Berry's novel about farmer in a small Kentucky river town, old Jack Beechum recalls his long and eventful life, while the town continues to change, and to lose the cohesion and sense of community that Jack has always been able to take for granted. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.15! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
5	The Meadow more books like this by James Galvin add to wishlist Galvin depicts the 100-year history of a meadow in the arid mountains of the Colorado/Wyoming border. He describes the seasons, weather, wildlife, and the few people who do not possess but are themselves possessed by this terrain. "Galvin blends fiction and fact into a haunting story . . . (a) careful, honest, and passionate exploration. . . ".- ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.40! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
6	Miss Clare Remembers and Emily Davis more books like this by Miss Read, J S Goodall (Illustrator) add to wishlist In the English village of Fairacre, the retired schoolteachers Dolly Clare and Emily Davis enjoyed a remarkable friendship, as this moving volume reveals. Childhood playmates in Beech Green, they would remain close throughout their long lives, eventually sharing a cottage in their retirement. They felt grief when a village family was lost on the ... see all copies from $2.08! new only from $3.61! \| first editions \| SVS
7	A Thatched Roof more books like this by Beverley Nichols add to wishlist Beverley Nichols fans, armchair gardeners, and literature enthusiasts will delight in this reprint of the second book in his "Allways trilogy", with facsimile reproductions of Rex Whistler's original graceful illustrations and a new foreword by Roy C. Dicks. Nichols' humorous ruminations on life in the countryside, as always, are refreshing. The ... see all copies from $10.00! new only from $13.42! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
8	A Peaceful Retirement more books like this by Miss Read, Sian Phillips (Read by) add to wishlist The last volume in Miss Read's Fairacre books. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
9	Place on Earth more books like this by Wendell Berry add to wishlist This novel, composed of many short episodes, is set in Wendell Berry's fictional Kentucky town, Port William, during World War II. Its subject is the town itself--its people, farmland, forests, and river--and the central event is the news that Virgil Feltner, son of Mat and Margaret, is missing in action in Europe. see all copies from $4.23! new only from $9.84! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
10	News from Thrush Green more books like this by Miss Read add to wishlist Two newcomers move to Thrush Green -- an attractive young woman and her son -- and all the villagers begin to show their interest and attention, especially several bachelors. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
11 view cover	Village Centenary more books like this by Miss Read, Miss Read add to wishlist This Miss Read story chronicle's the year Miss Read's school celebrates its 100th anniversary, with the help and sometimes hindrance of readers favorite Fairacre friends. 19 line drawings. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.92! \| first editions \| SVS
12 view cover	Clabbered dirt, sweet grass more books like this by Gary Paulsen add to wishlist A prose poem tribute to a vanishing way of life. Award-winning writer Gary Paulsen has created a lyrical masterpiece rich with unforgettable vignettes that weave a seamless fabric--stories of love and death, cold and heat, crops and stock, rolling hills and hay so sweet you could eat the grass. Never has there been such a farm story. 9 full-color ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $9.96! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
13 view cover	Summer at Fairacre more books like this by Miss Read add to wishlist In Miss Read's idyllic English village, Fairacre, Miss Pringle--who cleans the local schoolhouse--gets testy and quits. The village copes. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
14 view cover	Leaving Cold Sassy: The Unfinished Sequel to Cold Sassy Tree more books like this by Olive Ann Burns add to wishlist Olive Ann Burns's unfinished last novel continues the story of Will Tweedy, who is now 25, madly in love, and still living in Cold Sassy--a town that's changing with the times. Includes a remembrance of the author by her editor and friend, Katrina Kenison. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
15 view cover	Postcards more books like this by E Annie Proulx add to wishlist Annie Proulx tells the story of Loyal Blood, who leaves the failing family farm in Vermont after World War II and goes west to see if he can do better. Each chapter in Loyal's odyssey is prefaced with one of the post cards he sends back home--where life is getting more and more bleak. Proulx's first novel, which is full of the daily minutiae of ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
16 view cover	Scandal in the Village more books like this by Rebecca Shaw add to wishlist When Jimbo asks his mother, Katherine, to come and live near him in Turnham Malpas, his kindness has rather more repercussions than he anticipated. Before long Katherine is organising the harvest festival display, and causes uproar with her high-handed ways. But Katherine goes too far when she petitions to rid the village of some of its residents ... see all copies from $10.00! new only from $10.00! \| first editions
17 view cover	Copper Beech more books like this by Maeve Binchy add to wishlist The lives and loves of the young people in Schancarrig breed intrigue, despair and possibly even murder. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.95! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
18 view cover	Trouble in the Village more books like this by Rebecca Shaw add to wishlist The smooth running of the village of Turnham Malpas falters when Peter, the rector, goes missing. His wife Caroline is distraught. Then the appointment of Tom Nicholls as the new verger causes unease when his past returns to haunt him and Mr Fitch, the owner of the Big House, causes further ructions by his plans to uproot an ancient hedgerow. When ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $27.15!
19 view cover	Celebrations at Thrush Green more books like this by Miss Read add to wishlist A statue of Thrush Green's famous son Nathaniel Patten has graced the village green for years, but little is actually known of him among present-day residents until an unexpected letter arrives. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
20 view cover	Thrush Green more books like this by Miss Read add to wishlist Miss Read's idyllic (though often comically troubled) hamlet of Thrush Green is introduced in this novel, which focuses on the annual Mayday fair. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.85! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
21 view cover	By the Lake more books like this by John McGahern add to wishlist In a small Irish town, a transplanted London couple try to make a go of farming while dealing with the intricate social rituals of village life and the threat of the IRA that is always present. A New York Times Notable Book for 2002. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.95! \| first editions \| SVS
22 view cover	Affairs at Thrush Green more books like this by Miss Read add to wishlist In Affairs at Thrush Green, Miss Read continues the fortunes of the Thrush Green families whom we last met in Gossip from Thrush Green. Here we follow the kindly vicar, Charles Henstock, to the neighboring Lulling, after his home was burned to the ground at the end of the earlier novel. Going to a new church is never easy, even in the best of ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
23 view cover	Village School more books like this by Miss Read add to wishlist "Village School" introduces cheerful schoolmistress Miss Read and her lovable group of children, who are just as likely to lose themselves as their mittens. 18 line drawings. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.00! \| first editions \| SVS
24 view cover	Over the Gate more books like this by Miss Read add to wishlist Throughout her years as schoolmistress, Miss Read has gathered excellent accounts of the rich and varied history of her beloved country village, often through neighborly conversation over the gate. Fairacre has garnered its share of odd incidents, entertaining episodes, and village folklore, from an unusual recipe for weight loss found in an old ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.39! \| first editions \| SVS
25	Battles at Thrush Green more books like this by Miss Read add to wishlist The rector's suggestion for the neglected churchyard; a clash of personalities at the school; and the village eccentric's return to the road after an absence of 50 years, all threaten to disturb the tranquillity of the Cotswold village. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $18.28! \| signed copies \| first editions

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