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Aunt Sass
Christmas Stories

English · Hardback

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In the 1940s, P. L. Travers wrote three stories, which she gave as Christmas gifts to friends. One was 'Aunt Sass', based on Travers's great aunt - the real-life inspiration for Mary Poppins. Now, for the first time, they are available to a wider readership. Printed on board, with beautiful illustrations, this will be the perfect gift book for Christmas. Friends come in many guises. In these autobiographical stories, three characters - an eccentric great aunt, a Chinese cook and a foul-mouthed ex-jockey - assert a lifelong influence on the narrator, as she looks back over her childhood. Much like Mary Poppins, each comes into the child's life just when she needs them most. And each, however unlikely, becomes a friend and a champion to the young girl. Charming, tender and moving, these stories, which were given to the author's friends as Christmas gifts, contain all the hallmarks you'd expect from such a magical writer. And best of all, you will meet the woman who was the inspiration for Mary Poppins.

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Authors P.L. Travers, Gilliam Tyler, P L Travers, Pamela L. Travers, Gillian Tyler, P. L. Travers, P. L. Travers OBE, P. L. OBE Travers
Assisted by Gillian Tyler (Illustration), Tyler Gillian (Illustration)
Publisher Virago Press Ltd
 
Content Book
Product form Hardback
Publication date 06.11.2014
Subject Fiction > Narrative literature
 
EAN 9780349005683
ISBN 978-0-349-00568-3
Pages 128
Dimensions (packing) 19.1 x 12.8 x 1.4 cm
 
Series Virago Modern Classics > 387
VMC > 2115
VMC > 2115
Virago Modern Classics > 2115
Subjects FICTION / General, FICTION / Women, Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), FICTION / Short Stories (single author), FICTION / Literary, Short Stories, Modern and contemporary fiction, Fiction: general and literary
 

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