The ghostly clock ticked slowy – Philippa Pearce’s Tom’s Midnight Garden
Tom’s Midnight Garden was Philippa Pearce’s second novel and like her first, Minnow on the Say, deals with time and history. Written in 1958, the book explores the instability of the real world when confronted with dreams, stemming from the Second World War. It explores the faded, closed world of Mrs Bartholomew’s house and expresses [...]