Лучшие книги Джулии Вулфолк Каннингем

A boy, spending Christmas alone, comes to understand the meaning of love through the gift of an onion from his grandmother.

Gilly is forced to go to an orphanage, but sullen and uncooperative, he gets thrown out. He is taken on by a carpenter, but soon realizes he has put his head in a noose and must fly for his life.

This is the story of a boy who discovers himself, who basically comes to grips with that most contemporary of problems, the isolation of the individual. It is told within the near-classic framework of the story of the orphan who survives and escapes maltreatment to find love, but it is told in frank, literate terms in the lingo of today's youngsters. And it has, as an additional dimension, a touch of the Gothic tale, a tinge of terror and a shade of romanticism. (The New York Herald Tribune)

A reissue of the novel that dramatically changed children's literature in the 20th century.
Julia Cunningham's ground-breaking novel, first published in 1965 and unavailable in any edition for a decade, is reissued for a whole new generation of readers to call their own.

After he is befriended by a sign painter, a confused runaway finds trust and a purpose for living.