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Biographical note
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.An <b>exceptional picture of disorganised family life </b>. . . Imaginative, tender, with a welcome undercurrent of toughness
Observer
It is a small book, acute, discreet and tender; it is also <b>written with warm care and considerable taste </b>- all qualities too easily overlooked
Kirkus Reviews
Bawden is noted too for the <b>sharp sense of humour </b>that edges her tales of middle-class manners and mores towards satire, particularly when it all goes wrong
Guardian