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OverviewSummer has arrived and the Cotteril children are looking forward to the Holiday. For Thea, Susan, Peter and Jane it's always a special time of year, as they escape their lives in the suburbs and visit the delights of the countryside with their mother and father. All sorts of exciting adventures await them as they explore unfamiliar surroundings and meet a collection of fascinating new neighbours. For Peter and Jane the magic of the Holiday is as alive as ever and they delight in discovery: exploring inside gardens, visiting a new sweet shop and finding plenty of places to play hide and seek. But for Thea and Susan, the two eldest, their experience of the Holiday starts to change. As they begin to move into the dizzyingly complicated sphere of the Grown-Ups, Richmal Crompton's The Holiday becomes a journey of discovery into what it is to be an adult . . . Full Product DetailsAuthor: Richmal CromptonPublisher: Pan Macmillan Imprint: Macmillan Bello Dimensions: Width: 13.30cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 20.30cm Weight: 0.268kg ISBN: 9781509810116ISBN 10: 1509810110 Pages: 226 Publication Date: 27 August 2015 Recommended Age: From 18 years Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsReviewsThe interplay of character and the momentary revelation of other people's lives, accompanied by the young fluting of the children and their natural and amusing adventures, makes this novel the pleasantest possible light volume for holiday reading The Times Her sympathies have a most exceptional sensitiveness and integrity ... it contains much of charm and interest ... compel the reader's admiration and affection -- Gerald Gould Observer Author InformationRichmal Crompton (1890-1969) is best known for her thirty-eight books featuring William Brown, which were published between 1922 and 1970. Born in Lancashire, Crompton won a scholarship to Royal Holloway in London, where she trained as a schoolteacher, graduating in 1914, before turning to writing full-time in 1923. Alongside the Just William novels, Crompton wrote forty-one novels for adults, as well as nine collections of short stories. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |