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'I did a dreadful thing, the worst thing of my life, when I was twelve and a half years old, and nothing can change it'
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Classical in form, earnest, grave and intimate.
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- intimateepic
- effortlessdemanding
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About the book
- Author
- Nina Bawden
- First published
- 1973
- Pages
- 159
- Publisher
- Lippincott, Gollancz, G. K. Hall
- Editions
- 8
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9781855490413
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About Nina Bawden · 1925–2012
English novelist and children's writer. Shortlisted for the Booker Prize and the Carnegie Medal.
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