Nina Bawden Books

Already upset by her parents divorce, an eleven-year-old girl finds matters just get worse when she helps hide a boy who immigrated to England illegally.

Alternative cover edition here On the Scottish island of Skua, a friendship develops between lonely and mysterious Perdita and a blind girl and her brother as the threesome look for rare orchids, explore the island caves, and meet up with jewel thieves.

Carrie's War by Nina Bawden is an unforgettable Second World War story.'I did a dreadful thing...or I feel that I did, and nothing can change it...'It is the Second World War and Carrie and Nick are evacuated from London to a small town in Wales, where they are placed with strict Mr Evans and his timid mouse of a sister.Their friend Albert is luckier, living in Druid's Bottom with Hepzibah Green who tells wonderful stories, and the strange Mister Johnny, who speaks a language all of his own. Carrie and Nick are happy to visit Albert there, until one day when Carrie does a terrible thing - the worst thing she ever did in her life...Based on her own childhood, Nina Bawden's enchanting story Carrie's War has delighted readers for almost 40 years.'Nina Bawden is without question one of the very best writers for children' Daily Telegraph***Perfect for fans of Goodnight Mister Tom by Michelle Magorian.***Nina Bawden is one of today's best writers for both adults and children. she has often used her own childhood experiences in her books - Carrie's War is set in the mining valley in Wales where she lived as an evacuee in wartime. She studied philosophy, politics and economics at Somerville College, Oxford and finished her first novel the year after she took her degree. She won the Guardian Award for Children's Fiction for The Peppermint Pig.

At the age of 13, Jane discovers that her seaman father has remarried and that she has a half brother and sister somewhere. She longs to meet them but her stepmother doesn't want her children to know about Jane. The author also wrote Peppermint Pig, The Runaway Summer and Squib.

(From the back cover blurb) 'I intended a comedy', writes Nina Bawden, ' a love story, a thriller. And maybe it's also a bit of a moral tale. You get all these elements and more in this superbly constructed and mercilessly observed comedy of George, the travel agent, who is constantly being prodded into amazement at the absurdity of his own existence.

While staying with their aunt in an English seaside town, the Mallory children find a secret passage into the mysterious old house next door, where their efforts to help a strange girl lead to trouble and adventure.

The expulsion from school of their son shatters the comfortable middle-class security of Maggie and Charlie. Toby's diffidence, drug-taking and refusal to discuss, disturb them sufficiently to seek professional help. The author was shortlisted for the 1987 Booker Prize with Circles of Deceit.

Both a spellbinding love story and a superb evocation of Cornwall's mythic past, Castle Dor is a book with unique and fascinating origins. It began life as the unfinished last novel of Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch, the celebrated 'Q', and was passed by his daughter to Daphne du Maurier whose storytelling skills were perfectly suited to the task of completing the old master's tale. The result is this magical, compelling recreation of the legend of Tristan and Iseult, transplanted in time to the Cornwall of the last century. A chance encounter between the Breton onion-seller, Amyot Trestane, and the newly-wed Linnet Lewarne launches their tragic story, taking them in the fateful footsteps of the doomed lovers of Cornish legend ...

Village of SecretsGinnie Tricks a TricksterThe Watchful ShepherdessThe Pot-Hole PalsMurphy

Ihre Reise nach Marokko verläuft ganz anders als erwartet und plötzlich sieht sich Elizabeth vor eine Entscheidung gestellt. Kaum jemand kann weibliche Lebenssituationen sensibler darstellen als Nina Bawden Das Bild dieser Ehe aus der Sicht einer klugen Frau ist ebenso realistisch wie scharfsinnig gezeichnet. (The Times Literary Supplement)

Es ist Urlaubszeit in Griechenland: Eine Handvoll Engländer, zufällig im selben Hotel abgestiegen, hält zwar vornehmen Abstand zur übrigen Menschheit, bleibt aber nicht von Erschütterungen verschont. Es dauert nicht lange, bis sich die schönsten Verwicklungen ergeben: Ein Politiker (mit Gattin angereist) trifft ausgerechnet seine verflossene Geliebte, zwei junge Frauen verlieben sich in ältere Männer. Außerdem hat sich ein Baulöwe samt verschüchterter Ehefrau vor der drohenden Verhaftung in dieses Urlaubsparadies gerettet. Einen skurrilen Kontrapunkt bilden zwei uralte Zwillingsschwestern mit exzentrischen Angewohnheiten ...§

In einem überzeugend und humorvoll geschilderten Prozeß schafft es Fanny Pye, ihre durchaus begründete Angst zu überwinden und sich von der mehr oder weniger gut gemeinten Bevormundung durch ihre Familie zu befreien. Sie führt ihr Leben so, wie es ihr gefällt, und nicht mehr nach den Regeln, die ihr verstorbener Mann aufgestellt hat. - Sie ist selbständig geworden.

Die versteckte Fotografie - bk2047; Arena Verlag; Nina Bawden; pocket_book; 1993

Obě ženy se znají od dětství a přátelství udržují i potom, co se obě provdají. Žena, která je povahově vážnější, zjistí, že manžel jemuž důvěřovala, má milenku a těžce se s tímto objevem vyrovnává. Svěří se přítelkyni, která ve stejné době náhle ovdověla a brzy zjistí, že právě ona byla záhadnou milenkou jejího muže. Společná dovolená v Egyptě dává oběma ženám příležitost zamyslet se nad svou situací a vyvodit z ní bez dramatických efektů východisko Psychologický román vypráví životní drama dvou nerozlučných, povahově odlišných přítelkyň Příběh dvou přítelkyň Daisy a Ruth, který vrcholí v chladných hrobkách egyptských faraónů.... celý text

Novela o malé Carrii, která byla s ostatními dětmi ze školy za války evakuována do hornického městečka ve Walesu a zde se ve veselých i vážných příhodách sžívá s novým prostředím i lidmi a učí se samostatností.