Tortoise by Candlelight
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Sprache:Englisch
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Einband
Taschenbuch
Erscheinungsdatum
12.03.2026
Verlag
Penguin Books LtdSeitenzahl
288
Maße (L/B/H)
19,5/13,1/2,5 cm
Gewicht
241 g
Farbe
Champagner / Kaffee
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN
978-1-4059-8716-5
Rediscover the brilliance of Tortoise by Candlelight in the Mermaid Collection - classic books by popular pioneering female authors republished to delight new generations of readers.
Set just outside London in the early 1960s, this is a charming novel about a family living on the edge of society in their dilapidated Victorian house following the departure of their mother - and the upheaval when a new couple moves in next door . . .
With a foreword by Eve Chase
'Birds don't love. They only feed their babies because they gape . . .'
Fourteen-year-old Emmie Bean loves her family. But she worries about them too. Her mother is gone (no one will say where). Her father drinks instead of writing. Her younger brother Oliver has started stealing. And older sister Alice disappears on illicit dates.
Then there is their isolated house's menagerie of birds and animals, including Mo the squirrel and Murgatroyd the tortoise, all of which require Emmie's love and attention.
When the Sargents, a childless couple, move in next door, Emmie and the Beans find themselves drawn to this welcoming but aimless husband and wife.
Emmie fears the darkness and chaos surrounding them all. But perhaps love burns bright . . .
Praise for Nina Bawden:
'An exceptional picture of disorganised family life' Observer
'Bawden is noted too for the sharp sense of humour that edges her tales of middle-class manners and mores towards satire, particularly when it all goes wrong' Guardian
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