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|date=May 2012

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Linda Newbery says she once helped out in a charity shop, and felt it was a perfect place to find material for stories. Each item had a history, whether sad or happy, and ''Second-Hand Rose'', the shop owned by Nina's eccentric great-aunts, is full of vintage clothes and other fascinating things, including a big green toy crocodile which is bought and returned so many times it becomes the shop mascot. But finding things there she is sure her absent mother would never willingly give away, Nina is puzzled, distressed and, eventually, determined to find out what made her mother leave—and whether she intends to come back home one day.

Linda Newbery has written before about the effect on children of absent or divorced parents. Bookbag recommends [[The Sandfather by Linda Newbery|The Sandfather]] and [[Catcall by Linda Newbery|Catcall]].

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