A Friend In Need
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Cover story
On the front of BfK this month is the cover of Yesterday by Adèle Geras. The artwork is by Carolyn Piggford. This book is one from the 'Teenage Memoirs' series published by Walker (see the article, All Their Yesterdays, in this issue) and Adèle, of course, is the subject of our Authorgraph - see centre-spread. Our thanks to Walker Books for their help in using this illustration.
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A Friend In Need
Mary Lonsdale
Old Ben lies dying in his big house and when great niece Katy arrives with Mum, who has come to help with the nursing, Ben's younger self comes out to play with her in the rambling garden and treats her to some home-spun philosophy about death. Echoes of Tom's Midnight Garden for the cognoscenti, but I don't suppose most of the readers of this first novel will be aware of them. The whole thing doesn't quite hang together as well as it might and perhaps this is a book that's struggling a little to get down to the necessary length.
