I’ve written before about how much I love Miss Read’s books. Over the years, both the Thrush Green and Fair Acre series have provided me hours of happiness and companionship. I love these books, the characters in them, and the feelings and sentiments they describe and nurture.
I read a lot of books in August but in the middle of the month, as I got closer and closer to moving JT to college, it was the Miss Read books to which I turned. I re-read a handful from the Fair Acre series, aware that they would provide a familiar and pleasing comfort and while I rode the roller coaster of emotions involved in sending JT to college.
True to form, the familiar stories made me laugh and provided happy comfort, a reminder that lives are made of many moments. My favorite books are just this kind of story, an entry into a another world; one that feels comforting and comfortable with characters who are companions that linger well past the final chapter of the story.
That’s happy!
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