Ebook {Epub PDF} Carries War by Nina Bawden

 · Nina Bawden was a popular British novelist and children's writer. Her mother was a teacher and her father a marine. When World War II broke out she spent the school holidays at a farm in Shropshire along with her mother and her brothers, but lived in Aberdare, Wales, during term time/5. Nina Bawden's classic World War 2 story of children evacuated to Wales. Carrie and her brother Nick are evacuated to Wales to live with the dour Mr Evans and his sister Lou. Carrie and Nick are. 28 rows · Carries War PDF book by Nina Bawden Read Online or Free Download in ePUB, PDF or Author: Nina Bawden.

I loved Carrie's War from the moment I read it and have enjoyed it more and more with each rereading. At first, I appreciated Nina Bawden's descriptions of the place and the people: the way she created the stifling atmosphere of the shop and how it contrasted with the freedom of everything that happened at Druid's Bottom. Musty Books: "Carrie's War" by Nina Bawden () As a very small child in the s, I was vaguely uncertain as to whether the Second World War was still ongoing. It seemed to be referenced everywhere: on TV, we watched Dad's Army, Secret Army, Danger UXB and The World At War. The shelves of Mr Murray's newsagents were stocked with. Nina Bawden valley and said, this was where she and Uncle Nick had lived for a while in the war, would they like to stop the night and see? They hadn't wanted to, very much; the little mining town was desolate and ugly and the only hotel smelled of stale beer and greasy chips, but Carrie had looked so.

Nina Bawden was a popular British novelist and children's writer. Her mother was a teacher and her father a marine. When World War II broke out she spent the school holidays at a farm in Shropshire along with her mother and her brothers, but lived in Aberdare, Wales, during term time. Carrie’s War by Nina Bawden is a children’s historical classic and just perfect for ages eight and above. As a child I read Carrie’s War and watched the BBC series of it. I loved it then and I love it now. I had a desire to become reacquainted with the characters so purchased a copy. Carrie’s War by Nina Bawden. Carrie’s War is a coming of age story with a twist. While visiting the small Welsh mining town where she was billeted during World War II, Carrie Willow, a 42 year old widow with four children, tells them the story of her evacuation. At the start of the war, Carrie, then 11 and her younger brother Nick, 9, were.