A Foot in the Grave: Cold Harbour; Movable Eyes; Beezlebub's Baby; a Foot in the Grave; Light Work; an Ill Wind; Bindweed; Amberland by Joan Aiken
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A Foot in the Grave
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Contains eight stories including Sicilian Zia Tisna as she keeps watch over two young lovers, a highway-lady's baby crawling out of the River Thames, Uncle Avvie coming back from the swamp and Cousin Cherry's encounter, in the supermarket, with an old school teacher.
A Foot in the Grave Summary
About Joan Aiken
Joan Delano Aiken (1924-2004) was the daughter of the American poet, Conrad Aiken. Joan had a variety of jobs, including working for the BBC, the United Nations Information Centre and then as features editor for a short story magazine. Her first children's novel, The Kingdom of the Cave, was published in 1960. Joan Aiken wrote over a hundred books for young readers and adults and is recognized as one of the classic authors of the twentieth century. Her best-known books are those in the James III saga, of which The Wolves of Willoughby Chase was the first title, published in l962 and awarded the Lewis Carroll prize. Both that and Black Hearts in Battersea have been filmed. Her books are internationally acclaimed and she received the Edgar Allan Poe Award in the United States as well as the Guardian Award for Fiction in this country for The Whispering Mountain. In 1999 Joan Aiken was awarded an MBE for her services to children's books.
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GOR004254969
9780140361117
0140361111
A Foot in the Grave: Cold Harbour; Movable Eyes; Beezlebub's Baby; a Foot in the Grave; Light Work; an Ill Wind; Bindweed; Amberland by Joan Aiken
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Penguin Random House Children's UK
1993-03-15
128
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