![]() ![]() Their father is dead and they are grindingly poor. Lucy and Jamie live with their mother in somewhat diminished circumstances. This is Mr Blunden, representing a firm of solicitors, on his way to Lucy and Jamie’s home with an extraordinary proposition. We begin on a rain-lashed evening in Camden Town in 1969, where an elderly gentleman passes effortlessly through a throng of commuters, his old-fashioned clothes completely dry, even though he wields no umbrella. In this (literally) haunting time slip story of courage, faith and redemption, the children are tasked with righting a terrible past wrong. Far from being empty, however, the house is inhabited by ghosts and secrets stretching back a century. ![]() Rich in atmosphere and old-fashioned charm, it’s the story of siblings Lucy and Jamie, newly resident caretakers of a seemingly unoccupied country mansion. The Amazing Mr Blunden by Antonia Barber is the perfect book to curl up at home with during these bleak days of midwinter. ![]()
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