Noel Streatfeild is loved and celebrated for her children’s books, especially Ballet Shoes, but Saplings is very much an adult book - beautifully republished by Persephone Books.
Why is it so compelling? How does she explore her characters’ psychologies? And how (and why) did the Second World War have such a devastating impact on the book’s central family?
I'd love to know your thoughts. Have you read it? What did you make of it?
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