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One of the most loved and enduring wartime novels, Carrie's War is a modern classic. Published for the first time as a Virago Modern Classic, with a foreword by Michael Morpurgo.

(Hardback)

A beautiful hardback edition to mark the 50th anniversary of one of the most beloved and enduring children's classics of the 20th century.

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Carrie Willow and her brother Nick are evacuees transported to the safety of the countryside in the 1940s. There they stay with Mr Evans; Auntie Lou, and Albert Sandwich and Mr Johnny, who speaks his own language, and Hepzibah, the witch at Druid's Grove who makes perfect mince pies. And then there's the ancient skull with its terrifying curse.

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Shortlisted for the Booker Prize, this marvellous novel is about the heroic yet impossible desire to protect another human being with love.

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An entertaining and inspiring memoir of Bawden's life revealed through simple vignettes.

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From this well-loved author comes a novel that is 'an upper- middle-class version of Mike Leigh's Secrets and Lies' (Independent on Sunday), full of intrigues, betrayals and family secrets.

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A powerful novel that raises fundamental questions about parents and their children, and offers tentative hope but no tidy solutions.

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One of two crime novels written by famous children's author Nina Bawden showcasing her excellent storytelling and talent for gritty plotting. An atmospheric murder mystery full of gripping suspense, pulling the reader through London's seedy clubland of the 1950s and sides of the city rarely seen in fiction such as Paddington's Little Venice.

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A wonderfully compelling, ironic novel about families, old age and money, with all the tempo of a thriller.

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An enchanting story for children who love animals, by the beloved author of Carrie's War.

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This is Virago's first publication of one of Nina Bawden's most famous books for children. The Peppermint Pig, which won the Guardian Award for Children's Fiction, has been a great favourite since it was first published, over forty years ago.