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Add to basketRonald Blythe explores the changing nature of the rural idyll through conversations with the schoolteacher, the blacksmith, the farmers and others, living in a small Sussex village in the 1970s. Wonderfully funny and moving stories of human hardship and joy, and a fascinating history of the English countryside during the 20th century.
Format: Paperback, 288pp
Publication date: Jul 2005
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 9780141187921