Carrie's War - Nina Bawden - Book review

In September 1936 England went to war with Germany. Many of the children caught up in the Blitz were evacuated to Whales, some families that the children were sent to were nice to the children although others made them work and they werent very nice to them. Nina Bawden's story begins with Carrie, who's husband has died and she is taking her children to Whales for a holiday. She is driving and she begins to tell her children about her time as an evacuee, when she met Mrs Gotobed, Mr Johnny, Hepzebar Green and Albert Sandwich. Who has been evacuated to stay with them. Her children dont believe such people exsist, Carrie tells them about how her brother Nick had been taken to the station by their mother with just a change of clothing and a packed lunch. They were put on a train not knowing where they were going, and are evacuated to a small home of Mr Evans a grocer and his sister Louise. "Aunt Lou" as they are told to call her, she is kind, although they are frightended of her brother. One day they are sent to Mr Evans sisters house Dily Gotobed and her son Johnny who seems to be autistic. Suddenly life becomes worth while becuase Dily is a loving person.

Hepzebar the housekeeper, is sometimes regarded as a witch, she makes them welcome and introduces them to Albert Sandwich, another evacuee staying at Druid's Bottom. Albert tries to tell Carrie how he loves her although she doesn't understand becuase she is to young, when the war is over and the children are returning to London Carrie smashes the skull and as the train takes them away she see's the castle burning, and believes that she has killed everyone there.

Now when she takes her children to Whales she is welcomed by Hepzebar, and she tells them that Albert has bought Druids Bottom (where they stayed as children) and he is due to visist that morning. As the story ends Albert walked into the house and there was a happy ending.

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