Grandmother's Footsteps begins on the day the Second World War ends, seen through the eyes of the bewildered young Ruth. Mesmerised and terrified by the break-up of the wartime world she is so used to, scared by her mother's disappearance to London in search of their absent father, she clings to the familiar world of her grandmother. Stick by me, Granny tells her, and you'll be all right. But already Ruth's exuberant mother has other plans for the family - a move to London and a succession of wild schemes that bring constant change and upheaval, opening and closing new horizons and leaving young Ruth feeling always - as the years go by - adrift.
Except, that is, in the safe, sure haven of her grandmother's life.
Read Moreeven more enjoyable than Bloom of Youth - School Librarian, v.48, no.2, Summer 2000will intrigue young writers experimenting with different ways of arranging narrative - TES, 30th June 2000an evocative picture of a girl growing up in difficult family circumstances - Carousel issue 15, Summer 2000THE WAR ORPHAN'a rare and truthful book' - Books for your childrenBLACKTHORN, WHITETHORN'... there's a personal, original vision here ... involving and impressive' - Philip Pullman, The Guardian
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