![]() It was filmed in Bantry ( Bantry House), in Ahakista and near Kilcrohane on the Sheep's Head Peninsula in County Cork, Republic of Ireland. In 1968 London Weekend Television produced a six-episode serial of The Growing Summer, with Wendy Hiller as Aunt Dymphna. AdaptationsĪunt Clara was filmed in 1954 with Margaret Rutherford in the title role. She was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 1983. For her third book and third "Shoes" novel, The Circus Is Coming (later published as Circus Shoes), she won the 1938 Carnegie Medal. I distrusted what came easily and so despised the book." It was a commended runner-up for the inaugural Carnegie Medal from the Library Association, recognising the year's best British children's book, and it launched a successful career in writing for children. She recalled, "The story poured off my pen, more or less telling itself. ![]() ![]() Her first children's book was Ballet Shoes, published by J. ![]()
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