by Leila Berg (Author)
Leila Berg re-experiences her Jewish childhood and adolescence, from the early 1920s until the day the first air-raid siren sounded. This vivid memoir describes a sad, funny, passionate child who grows into a fiercely independent young woman.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 240
Edition: New edition
Publisher: Granta Books
Published: 19 Feb 1998
ISBN 10: 1862070431
ISBN 13: 9781862070431
Book Overview: Leila Berg is well-known for her children's books and won the Eleanor Farjeon Medal in 1973. Her non-fiction work, Risinghill, Death of a Comprehensive School , published in 1968, went straight to the top of the bestseller lists.