An Episode of Sparrows
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By the author of Black Narcissus and The River
WITH A FOREWORD BY JACQUELINE WILSON
'A masterpiece of construction and utterly realistically convincing' JACQUELINE WILSON
'Author Godden here tries her deft writing hand at landscaping a child's heart' TIME
'It is a sentimental tale, well told, with an unlikely and…
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I love how Rumer Godden’s novels pair lyrical writing with complex characters. An Episode of Sparrows is no exception.
The novel takes place in post-WWII London, where Lovejoy, a young girl whose mother has pawned her off on strangers, plants a hidden garden in the shelter of a bombed-out church. Lovejoy is both fierce and tender in her desperation to have something to believe in, and Godden’s fluid storytelling carries the reader along as Lovejoy and the local children find sanctuary in their unsanctioned garden.
This moving novel shows that gardens can be the catalyst for friendship and community. It…
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