Dear Austen
By: Nina Bawden
Edition: Large print ed.
Publisher: ISIS
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Oxford
Language: eng
Number of pages: 114
ISBN-13: 9780753193389; 9780753193396
Subjects: Large type books; Investigation; Railroad accidents
Description: Accidents happen to other people. But on May 10 2002 Nina Bawden discovered what it feels like to be one of the other people. It was to be a lovely outing to Cambridge for a friend's birthday party. Nina Bawden and her husband Austen Kark boarded the 12:45 from King's Cross and settled down with their books and papers. A few minutes later the rain derailed. Seven people were killed and seventy-six badly hurt. Nina was gravely injured and Austen was killed instantly. In this powerful and poignant letter to her husband, Nina Bawden trys to make sense of it all.
Notes: Originally published: London: Virago.