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No Time to Wave Goodbye
Ben Wicks
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Description for No Time to Wave Goodbye
Paperback. An intensely moving personal record of the experiences of children who were evacuated in World War II Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJH; HBJD1; HBLW; HBTD; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 17. Weight in Grams: 216. 288 pages, Illustrations. An intensely moving personal record of the experiences of children who were evacuated in World War II. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJH; HBJD1; HBLW; HBTD; HBWQ. Dimension: 197 x 130 x 17. Weight: 218.
By this time I wanted my Mummy and Daddy and to be back in that little terraced house all together again. Later, in a strange cold bed at the end of that long weary day, I hid under the bedclothes and cried. No Time to Wave Goodbye follows the untold tales of some of the 3.5 million evacuees whose lives were suddenly and unforgettably shaken by the upheaval of war. Wicks weaves together the adult memories of children who went to school as normal only to end their day in the homes of complete strangers, within the alien landscape of ... Read more
By this time I wanted my Mummy and Daddy and to be back in that little terraced house all together again. Later, in a strange cold bed at the end of that long weary day, I hid under the bedclothes and cried. No Time to Wave Goodbye follows the untold tales of some of the 3.5 million evacuees whose lives were suddenly and unforgettably shaken by the upheaval of war. Wicks weaves together the adult memories of children who went to school as normal only to end their day in the homes of complete strangers, within the alien landscape of ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
Weight
216g
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781408800935
SKU
V9781408800935
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Usually ships in 4 to 8 working days
Ref
99-2
About Ben Wicks
Ben Wicks was born in London's East End in 1926. One of Canada's most celebrated cartoonists, and journalists, he was awarded the Order of Canada in 1986. Committed to helping those in need, Ben believed that every child deserved the right to learn to read and write. In 1995, Ben created the Born to Read series. A collection of six ... Read more
Reviews for No Time to Wave Goodbye
'This vivid collection of memories recreates the whole traumatic story' New Statesman 'Unique Wicks has caught all the pathos and the humour of those traumatic times in a moving book' Yorkshire Evening Post 'An absorbing and frequently touching compilation of personal testimonies' The Listener