Books by nina bawden

Albert, Carrie and young Nick are war-time evacuees whose lives get so tangled up with the people they've come to live among that the war and their ... More

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Johnnie was only the runt of the litter, a little peppermint pig. He'd cost Mother a shilling, but somehow his great naughtiness and cleverness kept ... More

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Reissued in the VIRAGO MODERN CLASSICS series, a novel about a painter who specialises in copying other's work. Troubled by his artistic conscience ... More

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A social comedy about the manners and morals of well-meaning people in an acquisitive society. It features a widow who enjoys living alone in a large ... More

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On the Scottish island of Skua, friendship develops between the lonely and mysterious Perdita and a blind girl, Janey. Both possess a kind of second ... More

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Lonely and forlorn after their mother's death and their sudden arrival at Aunt Mabel's seaside boarding-house, John, Mary and Ben Mallory are ... More

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Accidents happen to other people. But on On May 10th 2002, Nina Bawden discovered what it feels like to be one of those other people. It was to be a ... More

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'The first time the children saw the Devil, he was sitting next to them in the second row of deckchairs in the bandstand. He was biting his nails.' ... More

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Elizabeth and Richard are on holiday in Morocco, travelling from its fertile coast to the barren uplands beyond the Atlas mountains. During the ... More

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By the author of 'Circles of Deceit' and 'Tortoise by Candlelight', this novel shows the fragility of a family's equilibrium. Three children live ... More

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Determined to find the ex-lodger who stole his grandmother's savings, Fred McAlpine and his friends Sid, Rosie, Algy and Clio launch on a series of ... More

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Who is Anna? Is she Anna-May Gates, the war-time evacuee who encounters neglect and unwitting abuse on a Welsh farm? The reticent, dutiful daughter ... More

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Deeply unhappy at the recent divorce of her parents, Mary is sent away to live by the sea with her distant grandfather and the detestable Aunt Alice. ... More

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'I am an outside child. That is what Plato Jones calls me.' Jane Tucker is thirteen years old when she discovers she has a half-brother and sister, a ... More

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'Today, Tuesday, the day that Penelope has chosen to leave her husband, is the first really warm day of spring...' Penelope has always done her best ...

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The child of a British father and Greek mother, Plato Jones has divided family loyalties, particularly now that his parents are divorced. When his ... More

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Held as a political prisoner in a London apartment, an African boy is helped to escape by two friends.

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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 ... More

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Noted for the acuity with which she reaches into the heart of relationships, Nina Bawden here excels in revealing the painful, intimate truths of a ... More

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Amy thought the Hotel Parthenon in Greece would be a nice change for her husband, Labour MP Tom Jones. He is convinced that it's a bad idea as soon ... More

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Laura is happily married, a mother and a successful novelist. Although she is prey to night terrors, she is adept at smoothing the disorder of ... More

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For as long as she can remember, Cat has been blissfully happy living with her grandmother - a famous psychiatrist who chain-smokes and rides a ... More

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Evacuated to the English countryside during World War II, a fatherless family tries to raise a baby squirrel that also lost its home.

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Kate finds herself drawn into the mystery surrounding Squib - an ill-treated, scared little boy who bears an uncanny resemblance to her brother, ... More

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