Carrie's War - 50th Anniversary Luxury Edition

Informationen zum Autor Nina Bawden (1925-2012), CBE, was one of Britain's most distinguished and best-loved novelists, both for adults and children ( Peppermint Pig and Carrie's War being among her most famous books for young people). She has published over forty novels and an autobiography, I n My Own Time . She was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize for Circles of Deceit and her novel Family Money was filmed by Channel 4, starring Claire Boom and June Whitfield. In 2004 she received the S. T. Dupont Golden Pen Award for a Lifetime's Contribution to Literature. Klappentext 'I did a dreadful thing, the worst thing of my life, when I was twelve and a half years old, and nothing can change it' When the bombs rain down on London, Carrie and her little brother Nick are evacuated to a small town in the Welsh hills. Away from their mother and everything that is familiar to them, they must take refuge among strangers. Reluctantly, Mr Evans, the grocer, takes them in, with his kind, timid sister, Aunt Lou. But the children find little comfort in his austere home. Their fellow evacuee, Albert, is luckier, living in a rambling old mansion with Hepzibah Green and Mister Johnny. Hepzibah is rumoured to be a witch, but the children feel safe in her warm kitchen, spellbound by her stories. Just as Carrie and Nick begin to settle into their new life, something happens that tests their loyalties: will they be persuaded to betray their friends? 'A deep, dark, brilliant novel' Emma Carroll Vorwort A beautiful hardback edition to mark the 50th anniversary of one of the most beloved and enduring children's classics of the 20th century. Zusammenfassung A beautiful hardback edition to mark the 50th anniversary of one of the most beloved and enduring children's classics of the 20th century.

Product details

• Authors: Nina Bawden, Nina Bawden Deceased
• Assisted by: Alan Marks (Illustration), Marks Alan (Illustration), Emma Carroll (Foreword), Michael Morpurgo (Introduction), Morpurgo Michael (Introduction)
• Publisher: Virago Press Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 13.04.2023
• EAN: 9780349017365
• ISBN: 978-0-349-01736-5
• No. of pages: 224
• Dimensions: 138 mm x 218 mm x 20 mm
• Series: Virago Modern Classics
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books; JUVENILE FICTION / Historical / Military & Wars, JUVENILE FICTION / Family / Siblings, JUVENILE FICTION / People & Places / Europe, Historical fiction (Children's / Teenage), Children’s / Teenage fiction: Historical fiction, Family & home stories (Children's / Teenage), Children’s / Teenage fiction: Family and home stories, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Military and war fiction