Book description
'The rope hung from top to bottom of his dream. The rope hung softly,
saying nothing, doing nothing. Then the rope began to swing very
softly, very gently ... Towards him'
The need to face your fears; the comedy of family life; the pressure
of others' expectations... Intense experiences of childhood are
vividly brought to life in this beautifully written collection of
short stories by the author of Tom's Midnight Garden.
Philippa Pearce grew up in a millhouse near Cambridge and read
English and history at Girton College. She was a scriptwriter-producer
for the BBC, a children's book editor and reviewer, a lecturer, a
storyteller and freelance writer for radio and newspapers as well as
writing some of the best-loved books of the 20th century. She won a
Carnegie Medal for TOM'S MIDNIGHT GARDEN and a Whitbread Prize for THE
BATTLE OF BUBBLE AND SQUEAK.
