title: Christmas with Miss Read: Christmas at Fairacre, A Country Christmas
author:  Miss Read 
description: An affectionate, humorous and gently charming chronicle...sometimes funny, sometimes touching, always appealing<b>NEW YORK TIMES</b><br /><br />Miss Read so understands and loves the country and can write to tenderly and humorously about the minutiae of village life without distortion or sentimentality<b>TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT</b><br /><br />Here you'll find delicious wit, quirky characters, the colourful intrigues of daily life, and certainly love and laughter... delightful<b>Jan Karon</b><br /><br />Her books avoid sentimentality and have an asperity like the tartness of a good apple<b>SUNDAY TELEGRAPH MAGAZINE</b>
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  Fairacre [12]  
  Miss Read  
  Academy Chicago Pub (1976)  
  Rating: | ★★★★☆  
  Tags: | Fiction, General, England, Country Life, Country Life - England -
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  Miss Quinn, who cherishes her privacy, intends to spend Christmas on her own
  as she likes it. But before the holiday, her borther telephones to tell her
  that his wife has been rushed to the hospital, and would Miss Quinn come and
  stay with the children? Miss Quinn's unexpectedly hectic Christmas has a
  significant effect upon her life.
  
   **No Holly for Miss Quinn**
  
  Miss Read
  
   **Table of Contents**
  
   _Title Page_
  
   _Table of Contents_
  
   _..._
  
   _..._
  
   _..._
  
   _Copyright_
  
   _Dedication_
  
   _Contents_
  
   _Chapter 1_
  
   _Chapter 2_
  
   _Chapter 3_
  
   _Chapter 4_
  
   _Chapter 5_
  
   _Chapter 6_
  
   _Chapter 7_
  
   _Chapter 8_
  
   _Chapter 9_
  
   _Chapter 10_
  
  ![](Images/image00063.jpeg)
  
   _With Drawings by J. S. Go