A Wind Is Blowing
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A Wind is Blowing is the fifteenth and final book in the Romney Marsh series of novels by Monica Edwards
, published in 1969 by Collins
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This final book in the series features only Tamzin and Meryon of the usual four children; Rissa and Roger are staying at Punchbowl Farm in Surrey. When Meryon ‘has a go’ during a Dunsford bank raid, he is blinded—apparently permanently—by ammonia. Meryon accepts his blindness with a resigned bitterness and attempts to end his relationship with Tamzin. She, however, will not be rejected, and attempts a gradual and careful re-entry into his life. An air-crash, in which Meryon’s favourite aunt and uncle die, precipitates a last-minute dash to Spain for a cornea graft operation.
A Wind is Blowing is unique in Monica Edwards' output in having no illustrations.
Monica Edwards
Monica Edwards was an English children's writer of the mid-twentieth century best known for her Romney Marsh and Punchbowl Farm series of children's novels.-Early life:...
, published in 1969 by Collins
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This final book in the series features only Tamzin and Meryon of the usual four children; Rissa and Roger are staying at Punchbowl Farm in Surrey. When Meryon ‘has a go’ during a Dunsford bank raid, he is blinded—apparently permanently—by ammonia. Meryon accepts his blindness with a resigned bitterness and attempts to end his relationship with Tamzin. She, however, will not be rejected, and attempts a gradual and careful re-entry into his life. An air-crash, in which Meryon’s favourite aunt and uncle die, precipitates a last-minute dash to Spain for a cornea graft operation.
A Wind is Blowing is unique in Monica Edwards' output in having no illustrations.
Blurb from First Edition
Tragedy strikes the deepening friendship between Tamzin Grey and Meryon Fairbrass when Meryon is blinded by ammonia while trying to prevent a bank raid.
Meryon accepts his blindness with a resigned bitterness, and Tamzin realises that he is gradually drawing away from her. Determined not to be excluded from his unhappiness, she buys a tape recorder and begins a ‘correspondence’ with him, telling him all the local news, including the machinations of Mrs. Venus, the poison-pen letter writer, and the somewhat mysterious movements of Jim Decks, the fisherman; and together they train Meg, a failure as a sheepdog, to be a successful guide dog. However, an air crash in which Meryon’s uncle and aunt are killed, sends the Fairbrass family and Tamzin on a wild eleventh- hour dash to Spain in the hope of a successful corneal graft operation.
This new Romney Marsh story shows Monica Edwards in a more serious mood, and her portrayal of Meryon’s struggle within himself and descriptions of the infinite patience needed to train a guide dog, are touching and sympathetic. This is a moving story for older readers, with a real understanding of young people’s problems and their maturing emotions.
Subsequent editions
- Engelbert (Bücherei) 1973: Solange der Wind weht (German translation).
- Girls Gone By PublishersGirls Gone By PublishersGirls Gone By Publishers is a publishing company run by Clarissa Cridland and Ann Mackie-Hunter and is based in Bath, Somerset. They re-publish new editions of some of the most popular girls' fiction titles from the twentieth century.-Elinor Brent-Dyer:...
reprint of original - 2009