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In This House of Brede
Rumer Godden
Paperback (Pan MacMillan, Nov. 1, 1994)Philippa Talbot leaves her Civil Service career for a new calling - to join an enclosed order of Benedictine nuns. In this small community, each crisis is guided by the Abbess and the Sisters` shared bond of faith. It is here that Philippa must learn to forgive and forget the past.
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The dark horse
Rumer Godden
Hardcover (Macmillan, March 15, 1981)When a mean-spirited jockey threatens the thoroughbred Dark Horse--the favorite for the Viceroy's Cup--Mother Morag, the superior of a group of nuns who tend Calcutta's poor, holds the key
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Gypsy Girl
Rumer Godden
Paperback (HarperCollins, March 5, 2002)"There's a girt who's a gypsy. She has rings in her ears and she sometimes comes to school in a little wagon."Kizzy Lovell is a gypsy girl. She has her gran and her horse, Joe, and she doesn't need anything else. Then Gran dies, her wagon burns, and Kizzy is left all alone-in a community that hates her.Thirty years after its original publication, Rumer Godden's beloved story of one girl's courage, and how an entire community learns to celebrate differences is now back in print for a new generation of readers to enjoy.
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Saint Jerome and the Lion
Rumer Godden
Hardcover (Viking Juvenile, )None
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Listen to the Nightingale: A Virago Modern Classic
Rumer Godden
eBook (Virago, )None
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Listen to the Nightingale
Rumer Godden
Hardcover (Viking Books for Young Readers, Oct. 15, 1992)Charlotte, who has lived and trained in the world of ballet since she was adopted by the costume mistress of a famous dance company, must decide between comfort and professional discipline when she is offered a scholarship to a prestigious dance school.
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The River Rumer Godden 1946
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Hardcover (little brown, March 15, 1946)Books by Runner Godden Black Narcissus Breakfast with the Nikolides Take Three Tenses A Fuge in Time Thus Far and No Further The River. Little brown and Company. Copyright 1946 first edition.
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Miss Happiness and Miss Flower
Rumer Godden
Paperback (HarperCollins, June 1, 2002)England is the last place Nona Fells wants to be. No one asked her if she wanted to leave sunny India to live in a chilly English village with her aunt's family -- and her cousin, Belinda, just hates her! But when two dainty Japanese dolls arrive at Nona's doorstep, everything begins to change. Like Nona, Miss Happiness and Miss Flower are lonely and homesick, so Nona decides to build them their own traditional Japanese house. Over time, not only does Nona create a home for the dolls, but one for herself as well.Originally published in 1961, Rumer Godden's classic story of friendship and being part of a family is now back in print for a new generation of readers to cherish.
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PEACOCK SPRING
Rumer Godden
Mass Market Paperback (Fawcett, Jan. 12, 1977)None
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Five for sorrow, ten for joy: A novel
Rumer Godden
Hardcover (Macmillan, March 15, 1979)None
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The Story of Holly and Ivy by Rumer Godden
Rumer Godden
Hardcover (Viking Books for Young Readers, Aug. 16, 1755)None
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The Kitchen Madonna
Rumer Godden
Hardcover (The Viking Press, Jan. 1, 1967)Shipped from UK, please allow 10 to 21 business days for arrival. Good, 1st Edition 1967. Tall 8vo. 93pp. Charming and profuse illustrations by Carol Baker, mostly full colour plates, with title page vignette and many other in-text woodcuts. Very good clean tight sound square, no bookplate, inscriptions or marks of any kind. In full colour pictorial laminated boards together with like illustrated original unclipped dustwrapper, both hipped to head of spine [1cm]. A great addition for reader or collector alike.