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1	Carrie's war more books like this by Nina Bawden Twelve-year-old Carrie and her little brother Nick find a haven in the kitchen of a kind woman named Hepzibah after the war in London. It is out of love for Hepzibah that Carrie takes part in a tragic scheme which is to haunt her for years. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $9.78! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
2	In My Own Time: Almost an Autobiography more books like this by Nina Bawden The autobiography of English novelist Nina Bawden, telling the story of her childhood evacuation during the war, her Oxford years (where she was a friend of Richard Burton and Margaret Thatcher), and her son's schizophrenia. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $18.25! \| signed copies \| first editions
3	Peppermint Pig more books like this by Nina Bawden Hard times for nine-year-old Poll and her family are comforted by the "peppermint pig". His antics bring laughter into their lives, and make it easy for Poll to adjust to the many changes in her life. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $15.76! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
4	Circles of Deceit more books like this by Nina Bawden "Circles of Deceit" is narrated by a painter who specializes as a copyist. Major figures on the canvas are Clio, his child-bride; Helen, his first wife; and his mother Maisie. They confound lies and the truth in a subtle weave, while the silent agony of the painter's son is a poignant reflection on the busy web of deception. And as the copyist ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $9.01! \| signed copies \| first editions
5	Walking Naked more books like this by Nina Bawden Laura is happily married, a mother, and a successful novelist. Although prey to night terrors, she is adept at smoothing the disorder of reality into controlled prose. Interweaving memory, conversation, and reflection, "Walking Naked" telescopes the whole of Laura's life--childhood, marriages, triumphs, and disappointments--into a day in which the ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $23.16! \| first editions \| SVS
6	A Woman of My Age more books like this by Nina Bawden Elizabeth and Richard have been married for 18 years and are on holiday in Morocco, travelling from its fertile coast to the barren uplands. The incidents of their journey begin to highlight the compromises and frustrations that now govern Elizabeth's life and she must come to a conclusion concerning the dilemmas of the human heart. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $21.98! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
7	A Nice Change more books like this by Nina Bawden Amy thinks that the Hotel Parthenon in Greece would be a nice change for her husband, Labour Minister Tom Jones, who is grumpily recovering from an operation for hemorrhoids. But once there, they run into Portia, Tom's redheaded ex-mistress. Then they receive a surprise visit from Tom's rakish father, Vic. Also at the hotel are Philip, an American ... see all copies from $4.00! new only from $14.80! \| first editions
8	Ruffian on the Stair more books like this by Nina Bawden In six days, Silas Mudd will celebrate his 100th birthday. He is alarmingly healthy and tough as old boots--which is more than can be said of his son Will. "Not sure he'll make old bones," Silas confides loudly to Coral, his daughter-in-law. But there is no doubt that Silas's son and his two daughters will be at the party. Best outfits and good ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions
9	Family Money more books like this by Nina Bawden Fanny Pye's London house, bought for a song many years earlier, is now worth a small fortune. When she intervenes in a street brawl and is hospitalized, her children tactfully suggest that she move to the suburbs, coincidentally releasing some useful "family money." Fanny has different views about inheritance and property; at any rate, ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
10	Anna Apparent more books like this by Nina Bawden see all copies from $1.99! new only from $23.16! \| first editions
11	Granny the Pag more books like this by Nina Bawden Twelve-year-old Cat has lived with her grandmother, whom she calls Pag, ever since she was abandoned by her parents when she was six. Cat loves and appreciates her unusual grandmother, a semi-retired psychiatrist who rides a motorcycle and chain smokes. When Cat's parents suddenly reappear and want her to come and live with them, Cat and Pag must ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
12	A Grain of Truth more books like this by Nina Bawden A gentle old man falls down the stairs and dies. Did he fall or was he pushed? His delicate, day-dreaming daughter-in-law, Emma, insists she is guilty. But to her husband, Henry, and her friend, Holly, this is unthinkable. Guilt is simply Emma's obsession. Emma, Holly and Henry tell the story in turn, yet each of their accounts is full of ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $24.60! \| signed copies \| first editions
13	The Real Plato Jones more books like this by Nina Bawden Plato Jones, a half-Welsh, half-Greek teenager living in England with his mother, accompanies her back to her home town in Greece to attend the funeral of his grandfather. The trip helps Plato gain a greater understanding of his grandfather who was, perhaps mistakenly, believed to have been a traitor and coward during World War II. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
14	Humbug more books like this by Nina Bawden Eight-year-old Cora and her siblings are staying with their grandmother while their parents are on an overseas business trip. When the grandmother falls ill, Cora and her siblings are divided up and sent to live with neighbors. Cora ends up living with a neighbor whose nine-year-old daughter, Angelica, appears kind and gentle, but is actually a ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $16.00! \| first editions \| SVS
15	Devil by the Sea more books like this by Nina Bawden "The first time the children saw the Devil, he was sitting next to them in the second row of deck chairs in the bandstand. He was biting his nails." So begins the horrifying story of a madman loose in a small seaside town — his prey the very young and the very old. Seen through the eyes of Hilary — a precocious, highly ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $9.63! \| signed copies \| first editions
16 view cover	Off the Road more books like this by Nina Bawden In 2040, eleven-year-old Tom follows his grandfather through the Wall and into the forbidden Wild, where they seek to find his grandfather's boyhood home. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
17	The finding more books like this by Nina Bawden see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.17! \| first editions \| SVS
18	Birds on the trees more books like this by Nina Bawden see all copies from $1.99! new only from $28.04! \| first editions
19	The Witch's Daughter more books like this by Nina Bawden see all copies from $1.99! first editions
20	The White Horse Gang more books like this by Nina Bawden Sam, his cousin Rose, and lonely Abe Turner explore the haunted Gibbet Wood and get into mischief and adventure. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
21 view cover	The Outside Child more books like this by Nina Bawden Thirteen-year-old Jane, whose quiet life with her two aunts is interrupted by sporadic visits from her seafaring father, tries to learn more about her half brother and sister after discovering that her father remarried ten years ago. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.99! \| first editions \| SVS
22 view cover	Afternoon of a good woman more books like this by Nina Bawden Penelope has always done her best to be a good wife, a good mistress, a good mother — and a good magistrate. Today, she is more conscious than usual of the thinness of the thread that separates good from bad, the law-abiding from the criminal. Sitting in court, hearing a short, sad case of indecent exposure and a long, confused theft, she ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $9.63! \| first editions \| SVS
23	Henry more books like this by Nina Bawden Evacuated to the English countryside during World War II, a fatherless family tries to raise a baby squirrel that also lost its home. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions
24	Squib more books like this by Nina Bawden Twelve-year-old Kate Pollack lost her little brother in a swimming accident, but she refuses to believe that he is gone forever. Her hopes are brightened by the sight of a strange little boy in the park. Could it be Rupert, after all these years? She won't rest until she finds the truth. see all copies from $1.99! first editions
25	Runaway Summer more books like this by Nina Bawden Already upset over her parents' divorce, an eleven-year-old girl finds matters just get worse when she helps hide a boy who immigrated to England illegally. see all copies from $1.99! signed copies \| first editions \| SVS

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