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Virago Modern Classics, Fiction, Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
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 of her foster-mother, Crystal Giles's shy child-bride Conscientious mother and housewife Or Daniel's undemanding but sophisticated mistress It takes catastrophe for Anna to emerge as an individual, claiming her own identity. Nina Bawden, as ever both acute and generous, delves skilfully into character and offers the richly textured story of a woman's life and stratagems, and of the flawed, kindly people who surround her.
Nina Bawden
Nina Bawden (1925-2012), CBE, was one of Britain's most distinguished and best-loved novelists, both for adults and children (Peppermint Pig and Carrie's War being among her most famous books for young people). She has published over forty novels and an autobiography, In My Own Time. She was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize for Circles of Deceit and her novel Family Money was filmed by Channel 4, starring Claire Boom and June Whitfield. In 2004 she received the S. T. Dupont Golden Pen Award for a Lifetime's Contribution to Literature.
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