Changes At Fairace

 Changes at Fairacre by Miss Read

I have only two books left to read in this series and dread coming to the end. I already miss this little country village and the homey folks who live there, even when those folks are stubborn or unreasonable. They are so much a part of the fabric of village life that it couldn't be Fairacre without them. 

This time around Miss Read grapples with the death of a dear old friend, the possibility of unprecedented low attendance closing her school forever, and a destructive storm that brings the chimney crashing down through the roof of the school house. 

In this eighteenth book in the series, Fairacre is beginning to change. Larger towns offer more jobs with better pay, and over time the village has lost residents, services, and shops. Miss Read, herself, moves away from Fairacre, though her position as school mistress keeps her in the thick of things and the usual cast of characters continue to play a large part in her life.

I want to read the final two right away, but also never read them at all so things will stop changing. How is it possible to become this attached to a place that isn't even real?