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One of the most loved and enduring wartime novels, Carrie's War is a modern classic. Published for the first time as a Virago Modern Classic, with a new foreword by Michael Morpurgo. One of the most loved and enduring wartime novels, Carrie's War is a modern classic. 'I did a dreadful thing, the worst thing of my life, when I was twelve and a half years old, and nothing can change it' It is wartime and Carrie and her little brother Nick have been evacuated from their London home to the Welsh hills. In an unfamiliar place, among strangers, the children feel alone and find little comfort with the family they are billeted with: Mr Evans, a…

Детство Нины Боден пришлось на 40-е годы XX века. Как и многие маленькие лондонцы, она пережила эвакуацию, и ее воспоминания легли в основу повести о девочке Кэрри. Война здесь лишь фон: она в письмах мамы, в наивных детских рассуждениях о Гитлере. Главное в книге - люди, которые входят в жизнь Кэрри: сварливый лавочник Эванс, мистер Джонни, навсегда оставшийся простодушным ребенком, проницательная Хепзеба Грин. Общение с ними дает Кэрри бесценный опыт человеческих взаимоотношений, учит терпимости и доброте.

Carrie's War by Nina Bawden is an unforgettable Second World War story. 'I did a dreadful thing...or I feel that I did, and nothing can change it...' It is the Second World War and Carrie and Nick are evacuated from London to a small town in Wales, where they are placed with strict Mr Evans and his timid mouse of a sister. Their friend Albert is luckier, living in Druid's Bottom with Hepzibah Green who tells wonderful stories, and the strange Mister Johnny, who speaks a language all of his own. Carrie and Nick are happy to visit Albert there, until one day when Carrie does a terrible thing - the worst thing she ever did in her…