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Saplings (1945) is an adult novel by Noel Streatfeild, published by Collins, about the Wiltshire middle-class family living in the Regent's Park in pre-Second World War London. With the breakdown of society under German attack, the family undergoes its own rapid disintegration. The novel is written from the perspective of four children - Laurel, Tony, Tuesday, and Kim, as well as from the perspective of their mother, Lena. Streatfeild mixes fantasy themes of children's books and a more mature psychological realism, to show the total damage caused by war.

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  • Saplings (1945) is an adult novel by Noel Streatfeild, published by Collins, about the Wiltshire middle-class family living in the Regent's Park in pre-Second World War London. With the breakdown of society under German attack, the family undergoes its own rapid disintegration. The novel is written from the perspective of four children - Laurel, Tony, Tuesday, and Kim, as well as from the perspective of their mother, Lena. Streatfeild mixes fantasy themes of children's books and a more mature psychological realism, to show the total damage caused by war. In 2004 Saplings was adapted into a ten-part radio series on BBC Radio 4. It was also featured on Radio 4's 'A Good Read' in October 2009. Saplings was republished by Persephone Books in 2000 (en)
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  • 978-1-906462-08-6
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  • 317752268
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  • First edition (en)
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  • United Kingdom (en)
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  • 978 (xsd:integer)
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  • English (en)
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  • Saplings (en)
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  • Collins
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  • Saplings (1945) is an adult novel by Noel Streatfeild, published by Collins, about the Wiltshire middle-class family living in the Regent's Park in pre-Second World War London. With the breakdown of society under German attack, the family undergoes its own rapid disintegration. The novel is written from the perspective of four children - Laurel, Tony, Tuesday, and Kim, as well as from the perspective of their mother, Lena. Streatfeild mixes fantasy themes of children's books and a more mature psychological realism, to show the total damage caused by war. (en)
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  • Saplings (en)
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