Nellie's War: A young girl alone in bomb-torn London... - Couverture souple

Pemberton, Victor

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ISBN 10 : 0747257310 ISBN 13 : 9780747257318

Editeur : Headline, 1998

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Stumbling, dazed and bleeding, from the bombed wreckage of Barratts' Orphanage, Islington, sixteen-year-old Vicky Hobson can't even remember her name. The runaway evacuees who give her shelter call her Nellie, the only girl in 'Toff' Hecht's gang, until, yet again, tragedy strikes, and she is forced to move on. But when Nellie meets the great music hall illusionists, Monsieur and Madame Pierre - alias Bert and Doris Beckwith - her life begins again. In the magical world of bright lights and greasepaint she finds a wonderful new family. But even as she is happily stitching costumes backstage, Nellie can't stop thinking about her old life in the bombed-out rubble - and more particularly, about the restless young Jewish boy, 'Toff' Hecht...

Biographie de l'auteur

Victor Pemberton is a successful radio playwright and TV producer, and has worked with some of the great names of entertainment, including Benny Hill and Dodie Smith, had a longstanding correspondence with Stan Laurel and scripted and produced many of the BBC's 'Dr Who' series. In recent years he has worked as a producer for Jim Henson, and set up his own production company, whose first TV documentary won an Emmy Award.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Headline
• Date d'édition: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0747257310
• ISBN 13: 9780747257318
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 448