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A Not Now Bernard for the modern generation. A child’s imaginative adventures are ignored by an adult engrossed in their phone. Heartbreakingly the child says, ‘I know you’re right here… but sometimes you feel far away.’ Happily the adult notices the child’s feelings and joins in the fun.

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Berta is a young girl with an artistic soul growing up on a farm in the Swedish countryside at the beginning of the 20th century. Her father doesn’t understand her and her mother is dying. But Berta longs to be an artist and can’t stay on the farm forever.

Based on the life of Swedish artist Berta Hansson, this is the story of a young woman with the bravery to live her own truth and follow her own path, despite the protests of her father and society at the time.

A universal story of longing and imagination, the perfect refrain for a young rebel.

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If Mum has gone, how do you carry on? Missing her feels like a dark cloud that follows you around,or like swimming to a shore that never comes any nearer. But memories are like a jumper that you can cuddle and wear. And Mum’s jumper might be a way to keep her close.

A simple, heartfelt and ultimately uplifting bookfor anyone coping with loss.

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