Summer Half

In Angela Thirkell's charming comic novel, Summer Half, trainee barrister Colin Keith makes a misguided decision to leave his legal studies and take a teaching position at Southbridge School, much to his parents' chagrin. Unbeknownst to him, he will encounter the mischievous Tony Morland among his students and contend with the chaotic influence of the enchanting but scatterbrained Rose, the master's daughter. This delightful tale, set in the whimsical Barsetshire of the 1930s, offers a humorous and keenly observed look at the trials of education and the chaos it brings to both school and village life.