{"product_id":"doreen","title":"Doreen","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"std\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"wp-caption\"\u003e\n\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/7642\/5795\/files\/large.jpg?v=1593109611\u0026amp;width=700\"\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"redtext\"\u003ePREFACE BY JESSICA MANN\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e256pp\u003cbr\u003eISBN 9781903155509\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn 1946 the theme of \u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDoreen\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e was, alas, horrifyingly topical - whether parents should have sent their children away from cities that might be bombed; and if they had done so, whether they could hope to maintain their relationship with them. 'The experience of this long separation, very difficult for all concerned at the time, often proved traumatic over a lifetime' comments Jessica Mann in the preface. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBarbara Noble writes with great insight about the mind of a child, 9-year-old Doreen Rawlings, torn between her mother, whom she leaves behind in the East End of London during the Blitz, and the couple who take her in when she is evacuated to the countryside. Everyone wants only the best for Doreen yet, in the end, what is being explored is a clash of values: those looking after her will eventually realise that Doreen will go back 'to a world where most of the things you've taught her will be drawbacks rather than advantages.'\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is a deeply involving book, fascinating for the portrayal of a child trying to balance the needs of their mother and their temporary mother, as well as for its understanding of the tyrannies of the English class system. 'The manner of telling this poignant, subtle tragedy is beyond admiration, restrained, penetrating, deeply moving,' wrote Dorothy Canfield Fisher; and the \u003cem\u003eSpectator\u003c\/em\u003e reviewer described 'a gentle, serious story in which...the author's argument is scrupulously fair; she is observant, sensitive and intelligent.'\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEndpaper\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"endpaper-caption\"\u003eThe endpaper is taken from a 1940 silk scarf 'London Alert' designed by Arnold Lever for Jacqmar (it is owned by a Persephone reader).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Barbara Noble","offers":[{"title":"None","offer_id":54098768822579,"sku":"grh1789694511295","price":28.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Tissue\/Endpaper","offer_id":54098768855347,"sku":"ofk1789694511296","price":33.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Cambridge Imprint paper","offer_id":54098768888115,"sku":"wlg1789694511296","price":32.13,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Reusable fabric napkin","offer_id":54098768920883,"sku":"bxh1789694511297","price":48.91,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0989\/0578\/4627\/files\/doreen_1.jpg?v=1789694521","url":"https:\/\/sandstepclad.shop\/products\/doreen","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}