![]() Her writing is warm and tender and justly deserves to have won the Carnegie medal. ![]() There are two other stories in the series Further Adventures of the Family from One End Street and Holiday at the Dew Drop Inn .Įve Garnett wrote the book after having visited many poor families whilst conducting research to illustrate Evelyn Sharp‘s 1927 book The London Child . The Family From One End Street Posted on Januby Steve Harris By Eve Garnett ISBN: 978-0-4 303 Pages Publisher: Cover illustration by Eve Garnett 5/5 Stars A wonderful book of the Rosie and Josiah Ruggles and their 7 children. Not to mention the chaos of family life and the ups and downs of growing-up. A dustman and a laundry woman making a life and a family among the working class of England.Įach chapter concentrates on an adventure of one of the children, Lily Rose the eldest, Kate passing her 11-plus (an entrance exam to a grammar school), or the twins James and John making their own adventures.Įve Garnett presents a simple world with the values of virtue, honesty and openness as universal as the air the characters breath. ![]() A wonderful book of the Rosie and Josiah Ruggles and their 7 children. ![]()
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