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Lire la quinzaine de nouvelles de ce recueil posthume de Yolande Bastarache, c’est pénétrer dans un lumineux jardin secret sur lequel souffle doucement la brise du large, peuplé d’êtres attachants faits de fiction et de mémoire.

Stories from the Village Square is a series of short stories set in an imagined town some years ago (as all good fairy tales are). The Village Square presents narratives of love and loss, misfortune and mirth, the graceful and grotesque.

Illegal battering of gingernuts and conkers in a murky corner of the playground; a procession of bearers of lost property interrupting the telling of the story of Joseph; justice being firmly done on three malefactors who stole Mr Henry's eggs... Here are 40 delightful stories about life as a village schoolteacher, set against the changing seasons of the countryside.

The story opens on the first sledding day of the season, and all of the children in town are out in force. Our hero and heroine, 13-year-olds Jack Minot and Janey Pecq, go down a particularly treacherous run and are both seriously injured. Over the next year, Jack and Jill (as she is called) are nurtured back to health by their widowed mothers. As the seasons pass, we become intimately acquainted with not only Jack and Jill, but their group of friends.

Random House presents the audiobook edition of A Match Made in Devon by Cathy Bramley. Sometimes you have to play a part to realise who you really are… Nina has devoted her life to making it as an actress; although her agent thinks she’s more best friend than leading lady. But with her...