Thrush Green

It’s the May Day holiday, and a fair has come to the village of Thrush Green. The residents all have their own views about the fair. For young Paul, just recovered from an illness, it is a joy to be allowed out to play on the green; for Ruth, who returned to the soothing tranquility of Thrush Green nursing a broken heart, the fair is a welcome distraction from her own problems – problems that young Dr Lovell hopes he might soothe. Then there is Mrs Curdle, the long-standing , matriarch of the fair. For her, this year’s visit to Thrush Green awakens mixed feelings and a difficulty she doesn’t want to face.