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'As I have been given a large and magnificent diary for Christmas ... I intend to fill it in as long as my ardour lasts.' Luckily, Miss Read's ardour lasts all year, encompassing every aspect of Fairacre life. Whether embroiled unwillingly in her friend Amy's marital hiccups, discussing the changing world with Miss Clare or the modern problems of good local education and rural impoverishment with the schools inspector and the doctor, she remains balanced, humorous and wise and never forgets either her most important charge, the mixed bag of children in her school, or the joys of the changing seasons.

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'She was wonderfully gifted at describing, with apparent simplicity, the joys of the countryside, from discovering a robin's nest inside a hollow damson tree to smelling a field full of sage.' -- The Guardian

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Gwendoline Gwen Watford (1927-1994) was an English film, stage and television actress. She made her feature film debut as Lady Usher in The Fall of the House of Usher, and was best known for ITV Sunday Night Theatre, Cleopatra and The Company of Five. A one-time Woman of the Year on British television, Gwen had an extensive career on the small screen, performing in programs such as Agatha Christie's Miss Marple series, Sorrell and Son, Relatively Speaking and The Winslow Boy.

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