A Peaceful Retirement Author:Miss Read The last book (#14) in the Fairacre series, and one of our most often requested titles, finally in paperback from Houghton Mifflin. Miss Read bids her pupils farewell and imagines a peaceful retirement, full of lazy days. Instead, she finds herself as busy and as in demand as ever, helping with church and school affairs, counseling neighbors, an... more »d more. At the novel's end, Miss Rad discovers her talent for writing, opening a new chapter in her life.« less