Miss Read\'s charming chronicles of small-town life have achieved an almost legendary popularity worldwide by offering a welcome return to a gentler time and wit, humor, and wisdom in equal measure (Cleveland Plain Dealer). This volume introduces Thrush Green, the neighboring village to Fairacre: its blackthorn bushes, thatch-roofed cottages, enchanting landscape, and jumble sales. Readers will delight in a new cast of characters and also welcome familiar faces as they become immersed in the village\'s turn of events on one pivotal day -- May Day. Before the day is over, life and love and perhaps eternity will touch the immemorial peace of the village.