Saplings

Although Saplings (1945) is generally regarded as one of Noel Streatfeild's novels for adults, it is at least partially told from the perspective of four children - Laurel, Tony, Tuesday, and Kim, as well as from the perspective of their mother, Lena.[1] The Wiltshires are an idyllic middle-class family living in the comforts of Regent's Park in pre-Second World War London.

For the 1972 Soviet film, see The Saplings.
Saplings
First edition
AuthorNoel Streatfeild
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
PublisherCollins
Publication date
1945
Media typePrint
ISBN978-1-906462-08-6
OCLC317752268

However, with the breakdown of society under German attack, the family, like so many others in Britain and elsewhere in Europe, begins to undergo its own rapid disintegration.

Streatfeild weaves between the fantasy and make-believe of her children's books and a more mature psychological realism, thereby conjuring a unique and compelling account of the far-reaching corrosiveness of war.

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

Saplings was republished by Persephone Books in 2000

References
  1. The Oxford Guide to British Women Writers, Joanne Shattock, (Oxford University Press 1994) pp. 406, ISBN 0-19-280021-3
  2. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00n55sn
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