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{DOWNLOAD} Thursdays Children: a Virago Modern Classic Ebook, Epub THURSDAYS CHILDREN: A VIRAGO MODERN CLASSIC PDF, EPUB, EBOOK Rumer Godden | 384 pages | 17 Apr 2014 | Little, Brown Book Group | 9781844088485 | English | London, United Kingdom Virago Modern Classics (Virago Press) - Book Series List All girls are. Even if they live in tiny old attics. This website uses cookies. By using this website you agree with our cookie policy which you can review or amend at any time. Accept Cookies. Home Series Virago Modern Classics. Virago Modern Classics by L. Montgomery 9 reviews. Main Series Other Titles. Montgomery 7 Rumer Godden 4 P. Millar 3 Tony Ross 1 Gordon Browne 1. Book 1. Anne of Green Gables. Book 2. Book 3. Book 4. Book 5. Book 6. Book 7. Book 8. Book 9. Book The Kingdom and the Cave. The Gift Giving: Favourite Stories. The Peppermint Pig: 'Warm and funny, this tale of a pint-size pig and the family he saves will take up a giant space in your heart' Kiran Millwood Hargrave. 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His mother preens over his pretty sister, Crystal, also a dancer, but fiercely competitive and vain. Doone's father would never allow a son of his to have ballet lessons, and his brothers think he's a sissy. But Doone has passion and ambition beyond his years, and knows he can succeed, if only he is given the chance. Other books in this series. Rebecca Daphne du Maurier. Thursday's Children by Godden, Rumer She certainly had a distinctive voice, and a cool clear eye for a children's story. I always get Rumer Godden and Russell Hoban confused in my head - you can sort of see how it happens. Especially as they both wrote children's books about toys. I can't think of many books for children that actually have a leading character killed off in such a graphic, unexpected way, and yet make it oddly beautiful at the same time. Blimey - you do a good job selling this, but it does sound unexpectedly dramatic! I didn't get on with Russell Hoban in fact - perphaps I'll come round to him later, as that is what happened with Godden for me. I'm familiar with Rumer Godden's adult books and like them very much, I;m wondering if I'd like this one too. I so wanted to be a ballerina when young, even took ballet lessons. I think any fan of hers would enjoy it, though it is a slightly odd book. But very very readable. The bell! Any book with nuns in really And you wouldn't think of her as a children's author from Black Narcissus - but actually she is good. You wanted her to sing inappropriate modern songs in cafes and run off with the bad lot feckless charmboy. I knew at once we'd be friends. And The Fairy Doll, which I was given as a child. I must have really missed out on Godden - I'm getting a great list of recommendations. Moira: When I went to boarding school almost 50 years ago we had no uniforms. The Benedictine monks required ties in my first year but gave up when some guys wore the same tie all year and few made an effort to co-ordinate tie to outfit. I did my best but I was in the minority. You were a stylish chap even then Bill. In England that would have been very rare at that time, to have no uniforms at a boarding school. I read some books by Rumer Godden way back when, but adult books for sure. I wouldn't mind reading more by the author to see if the books still appeal. She wrote loads! I've just read another one by her that I didn't like nearly as much. An unusual writer. I've read some of Godden's adult books, but only The Diddakoi in her juveniles. She does seem to jump around in her writing, often switching perspective very suddenly, as you mention, but I find it works for me. It might just be personal preference, though. There wasn't much clothing of interest in Brede or Joy, except in bits, but Cromartie vs. I have some awareness of Godden's books but I have never heard of that one - what a very unusual title! I tend to like her books rather than love them - I know she stirs strong feelings in some people. I will look out for Cromartie Brede and Joy are the only ones I've loved out of hers, the rest were likes. Cromartie wasn't one of her best books, I believe it was the last one she wrote. But it was still interesting. Vance Weston. Vera Brittain's Testament. Wonderland Quartet. Autobiography of Janet Frame. Cities of the Interior. Elinor Glyn's Three Weeks. Ellen Foster. Hainish Cycle. Hainish Cycle, Chronological. Janina Bauman Memoir. Joan Wyndham's memoirs. Julie Hayes. Le labyrinthe du monde. Madame Holbein's. Bradley Mysteries. Orlando King trilogy. Patna Hall. Peyton Place. Provincial Lady. Stepdaughters of War. The Daisy Chain. The Little Ottleys. The Sheik Saga. Tin Toys Trilogy. 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