Saplings (novel)

Novel

Saplings

First edition

Author| Noel Streatfeild
Language| English
Publisher| Collins

Publication date

| 1945
Publication place| United Kingdom
Media type| Print
ISBN| 978-1-906462-08-6
OCLC| 317752268

Saplings (1945) is an adult novel by Noel Streatfeild, published by Collins, about the Wiltshire middle-class family living in Regent's Park in pre-Second World War London. With the breakdown of society under German attack, the family undergoes its own rapid disintegration. The novel is written from the perspective of four children – Laurel, Tony, Tuesday, and Kim, as well as from the perspective of their mother, Lena.[1]

Streatfeild mixes fantasy themes of children's books and a more mature psychological realism to show the total damage caused by war.

In 2004 Saplings was adapted into a ten-part radio series on BBC Radio 4. It was also featured on BBC Radio 4's A Good Read in October 2009.[2]

Saplings was republished by Persephone Books in 2000.

## References

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1. ^ Shattock, Joanne, The Oxford Guide to British Women Writers, (Oxford University Press 1994) pp. 406, ISBN 0-19-280021-3
2. ^ Feltz, Vanessa; Hari, Johann. "A Good Read". BBC Radio 4.

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