TY - BOOK AU - Read TI - Gossip from Thrush Green SN - 0618219137 PY - 2002/// CY - Boston PB - Houghton Mifflin KW - Country life KW - Fiction KW - Thrush Green (Imaginary place) KW - Pastoral fiction KW - gsafd N1 - "A novel in the beloved Thrush Green series"--Cover N2 - GOSSIP FROM THRUSH GREEN returns readers to the delightful English village, neighbor to Fairacre, for a golden summer. But this sleepy, pristine setting conceals a flurry of activity amongst the villagers. Rumor has it that Mr. Venables is considering retirement just as the village's teacher is about to make an important decision. Molly Curdle prepares for a new baby. The kindly vicar, Charles Henstock, works on his sermon -- quite unaware of the disaster that will overtake him. However, there is never any doubt that all will end well in this very English village ER -