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Bright Day, Dark Night: A Novel of the Adams Family Saga

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Bright Day, Dark Night: A Novel of the Adams Family Saga
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Mary Jane Staples
SeriesThe Adams Family
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:416
Dimensions(mm): Height 173,Width 105
Category/GenreSagas
ISBN/Barcode 9780552147088
ClassificationsDewey:823.914
Audience
General

Publishing Details

Publisher Transworld Publishers Ltd
Imprint Corgi Books
Publication Date 1 September 1999
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

The war follows the Adams family even to peaceful Devon. It is summer, 1941, and the country is still at war. In the Devon village of Ashleigh, however, evacuees from the London blitz are living in an atmosphere of rural peacefulness, although Daisy Ricketts of Bermondsey isn't sure if she'll ever get on with carping Mrs Mumford, the subject of whispers because of her husband's mysterious disappearance. David, the elder son of Tommy and Vi Adams, meets Kate Trimble, a cockney girl from Camberwell who has just arrived in Ashleigh with her aunt. Kate is imaginative and precocious, while David is happy-go-lucky , and as the war is directly affecting the lives of so many other members of the Adams family, Kate and David establish a friendship in the summer sunshine of Devon. But as their friendship develops some exciting undercurrents, an incident occurs which brings home to them the darker intrigues of wartime and provides a devastating shock to everyone.

Author Biography

Mary Jane Staples was born, bred and educated in Walworth, and was the author of many bestselling novels including the ever-popular cockney sagas featuring the Adams family. She died in 2005.