by WilliamNewton (Author)
The year was 1937 and Hitler had just walked into Austria. It was also a marvellous year for Clouded Yellow butterflies. Wilfred and Duncan live in a large old house in Sussex, only ever see their parents on Wednesdays for lunch, and spend their days catching butterflies and dreaming of adventure. Then their mother elopes and their already distant father takes up with other ladies. Deciding that enough is enough, the brothers run away from home. They already have a plan - to go to London and buy a tram they have seen in an advertisement. It costs two pounds...Lively, funny and charming, THE TWO-POUND TRAM is a bittersweet testament to youth, its dreams and its triumph over adversity.
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 192
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Published: 06 Oct 2003
ISBN 10: 0747566976
ISBN 13: 9780747566977
Book Overview: A SWALLOWS AND AMAZONS or RAILWAY CHILDREN for adults Old-fashioned and eccentric in tone, this book could have been written in the 30's - a classic book in the making For fans of ETHEL AND ERNEST by Raymond Briggs or DARLING BUDS OF MAY by H.E. Bates