Anna Apparent

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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 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 was created a CBE in 1994. Virago publish 10 of her adult books, including BIRDS ON THE TREES and THE ICE HOUSE, as well as her successful autobiography, IN MY OWN TIME.

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