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An Episode of Sparrows
An Episode of Sparrows
Author: Rumer Godden
"Only a Rumer Godden could make a simple tale of a forbidden garden pulse with suspense, could avoid the pitfalls of sentimentality, could breathe into such ordinary adults and ordinary children the quickness, the hope and the hopelessness of life itself. This English novelist who never raises her voice above the muted note of understatement sp...  more »
ISBN: 437136
Pages: 245
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Publisher: The Viking Press
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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An Episode of Sparrows is a tender, warmly compassionate novel, full of the bright aspirations of youth and the gentle wisdom of age. Set in a small section of postwar London, it tells of the young sparrow-like children who must scratch out an existence in the streets.
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