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Author: Steve Sem-SandbergCondition: NewFormat: PaperbackPages: 576Publisher: Faber & FaberYear: 2017ISBN: 9780571288472
Winner of the Prix Medicis Etranger
The Am Spiegelgrund clinic, in glittering Vienna, masqueraded as a reform school for wayward boys and girls and a home for chronically ill children. The reality however, was very different. Through the eyes of a child inmate, and a nurse, Steve Sem-Sandberg explores the very meaning of survival. This extraordinary novel offers invaluable and compelling insight on an intolerable chapter of Austria's past.
Part of the best-selling Little People, BIG DREAMS series, Captain Tom tells the life story of the WW2 veteran who inspired a nation to keep giving.
Offers a collection of stories, including "The Canterville Ghost", and "The Happy Prince".
Quilting 101 is a comprehensive beginner's guide to knitting. With close to 400 step-by-step photographs and an online instructional video companion, this book will help you achieve success from the start.