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An Episode of Sparrows
Rumer Godden
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Description for An Episode of Sparrows
Paperback. A captivating classic novel of a poor girl striving to create beauty among the bombsites of postwar London. Series: VMC. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: YFB. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 126 x 197 x 18. Weight in Grams: 234.
With a foreword by JACQUELINE WILSON 'A masterpiece of construction and utterly realistically convincing...Rumer Godden's writing is admired for many qualities...but I think her greatest strength is her accurate, unsentimental portrayal of children. Lovejoy, Tip and Sparkey were so real to me that they have stayed alive in my head for more than fifty years' Jacqueline Wilson A captivating classic novel of a poor girl striving to create beauty among the bombsites of post-war London. Someone has been digging up the private garden in the Square. Miss Angela Chesney of ... Read more
With a foreword by JACQUELINE WILSON 'A masterpiece of construction and utterly realistically convincing...Rumer Godden's writing is admired for many qualities...but I think her greatest strength is her accurate, unsentimental portrayal of children. Lovejoy, Tip and Sparkey were so real to me that they have stayed alive in my head for more than fifty years' Jacqueline Wilson A captivating classic novel of a poor girl striving to create beauty among the bombsites of post-war London. Someone has been digging up the private garden in the Square. Miss Angela Chesney of ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Series
Virago Modern Classics
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781844088515
SKU
V9781844088515
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Ref
99-10
About Rumer Godden
Rumer Godden (1907-98) was the acclaimed author of over sixty works of fiction and non-fiction for adults and children. Born in England, she and her siblings grew up in Narayanganj, India, and she later spent many years living in Calcutta and Kashmir. Several of her novels were made into films, including Black Narcissus, The Greengage Summer and The River, which ... Read more
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