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Little Village School
Little Village School | Gervase Phinn
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Ethne Devine is something of a mystery. Why should a highly successful head teacher of an inner-city primary school move to a small rural school in the Yorkshire Dales to face so many challenges? There are the declining number of pupils and the poor state of the building for a start and then there are the disparaging former head teacher, the gloomy caretaker and the amorous chair of governors to contend with. Those in the village are intrigued by the appearance of the new young and attractive head teacher and gossip is rife. Gervase Phinn's novel is peopled with his usual cast of colorful characters, comic situations, and, of course, the delightful and sometimes taxing children.
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Little Village School | Gervase Phinn
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Many fun books found at this month‘s library book sale (and a couple ThriftBooks purchases)! About half of these were only 25 cents each 😁

Now all I need is more time to read.....

PS #coffeebeanbookclub ‘ers, did you know JB Stanley is Ellery Adams? 👏🏽👏🏽

Gissy What????😱You are so lucky girl👍 5y
BethM What! No! I love Ellery Adams! Also enjoying your book but I must say I now have a very swanky vision of your house in my head😂 5y
Avanders @BethM yes! I know.. these are older and I haven‘t read any yet, but I bought a couple to see how they are 😁 And lol! Noooo my house is *far* from swanky... this is what I was trying to say! Her perspective is so warped or maybe just 25 years out of date 🤭 we have a very modest little casita that just happens to be in a gated community... there are smaller houses, apartments, and on the “rich side,” much much bigger houses. 😂 5y
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BethM It would be interesting to know if it‘s her or the age. Know someone you can ask lol? 5y
Avanders @BethM Samantha will weigh in when she gets the book I‘m sure — she‘s much more “from” nm than I am (though still not 💯 😜).. but I bet there‘s someone else I can ask in the meantime ... I agree. That author/character seems almost mad about it, I wonder where it came from! 🤷🏽‍♀️ While I was reading it, I even tried to find some description of the development online from the 90s (was unable, though I found a “historical” book that I might buy?) 5y
Avanders @BethM And she‘s not wrong that some of the houses are townhouses and built really close together — but *all* of those are modestly sized ... The big houses.. the ones she seems to be focused on, I suppose they‘re a little close, but it *is* a development, and they do still have good-sized yards (for out here anyway ;)). *Her* neighborhood is now more expensive, just location-wise, to buy a house. So that seems to have changed since the 90s... 5y
Avanders ... and many more thoughts. lol. 😆 5y
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