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  • Storm in the Village & Fairacre Festival

  • By: Miss Read
  • Narrated by: June Barrie
  • Length: 9 hrs and 31 mins
  • 4.8 out of 5 stars (134 ratings)

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Storm in the Village & Fairacre Festival

By: Miss Read
Narrated by: June Barrie
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Summary

Storm in the Village, Miss Read, Headmistress of Fairacre School, learns of a proposed new housing development that soon has the citizens of Fairacre up in arms.

In The Fairacre Festival, after a storm damages the church roof, the villagers must raise money for repairs.

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Very enjoyable

A very enjoyable book or to be more accurate books. Miss Read provides a wonderful escape from reality when the troubles of the real world are too much to cope with.

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Most enjoyable

Once again Miss Read has given me a relaxing and pleasable listen. June Barrie was excellent in the narration.

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Absolutely lovely!

"Storm in the Village" is another excellent entry in the chronicles of Fairacre, beautifully written, gentle, yet razor-sharp and witty. Miss Read simply never disappoints. "Fairacre Festival" is one of the shortest pieces by Miss Read, but also one of the most enjoyable ones, so full of hope and humanity.

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Loved it

Loved it as I do all her books. Gentle comforting read. Funny moving and warm

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Lovely gentle story, perfect narration

I am working my way through all the Fairacre books and am loving them, including this one. They’re such a gentle, cosy, more light hearted listen, exactly what I need. However, they’re still engaging and interesting, reminding us of simpler times gone by. I feel like I am really getting to know the residents of Fairacre.

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I Love Miss Read's stories

I have been reading and now listening to Miss Read for more than 40 years. Always lovely, sadly though June Barrie is not the narrator for me and that spoiled this slightly for me.

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Beautifully written and narrated

loved every minute , wonderful characters brought to life by June Barrie, pure nostalgia ❤

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A gentle amble into the recent past.

A beautiful and evocative amble into village life in our recent past. Gentle humour, village gossip and slightly idolised social history. Makes me feel warm and safe and happy. Bliss.

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Excellent Book

A book involving such fine detail of village life could only have been written by a person with first hand knowledge of Village life, I thoroughly enjoyed reading the book,at times I found it difficult to put the book down.

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Vintage stuff

Well read and the text as evocative and stylish as always. Beautiful words, spoken beautifully.

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