- Eglantyne Jebb, c.1920.
'A truly brilliant book.'
xxxxxGordon Brown
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'Kept me up half the night - really fascinating and moving - beautifully written and paced.... wonderful.'
xxxxxRichard Holmes, Footsteps, The Age of Wonder
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'A very good read, telling an extraordinary story.'
xxxxxThe Guardian
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'Beautifully constructed and passionately written... evocative, funny and poignant.'
xxxxxThe Big Issue.
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'A valuable account of a forgotten life.'
xxxxxSunday Times.
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'Unusual and perceptive... all credit to Clare Mulley.'
xxxxxDaily Mail
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'A very readable story which will strike a chord for many.'
xxxxxTimes Online
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'A pleasure to read... a combination of Jebb's own mischievous attitude and Mulley's lively style.'
xxxxxTimes Literary Supplement
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'Admirably researched... Clare Mulley has done Eglantyne proud. Her informative and sensitively written biography will put SCF's founder, and through her SCF itself, well and truly on the global map.'
xxxxxThe Church Times
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'Meticulously researched... a testimony to Jebb's remarkable humanitarianism.'
xxxxxOxford Today
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'Crisp, masterly biography.'
xxxxxThe Good Book Guide
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'This book tells the tale of one of the twentieth century's most inspirational women... I'd urge anyone to pick up this book and be inspired.'
xxxxxPaul O'Grady
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'Wonderful, clever and funny, Clare Mulley's lively and intimate biography brings out the humour, inconsistancy, willfullness and just excellent energy of Eglantyne.'
xxxxxAlexander Masters, Stuart: A Life Backwards
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'Sensitive, entertaining and beautifully written, The Woman Who Saved the Children is an absorbing exploration of a life filled with achievement... A sparkling biography of a fascinating woman.'
xxxxxKate Williams, England's Mistress, Young Victoria
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'Eglantyne Jebb completely revolutionised public perceptions of charity and our collective responsibility towards children. This excellent book makes plain that Eglantyne's vision is just as powerful - and relevant - today as it was then... Those who read this book will be inspired - as I am - by a woman who dared to think the impossible and turn it into reality. Her example lays down a challenge to us all.'
xxxxxJasmine Whitbread, CEO, Save the Children UK
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'A wonderful biography... All of us who continue to build on Eglantyne’s vision are in your debt for giving us the real human being who inspires our work.'
xxxxxCharlie MacCormack, CEO, Save the Children USA
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Links to Press and Radio
The Express, 19 March 2010
http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/163823/The-woman-who-hated-children-and-
saved-them
The Guardian, Simon Hoggart's Week, 12 March 2010
http://www.guardian.co.uk/theguardian/2010/mar/12/simon-hoggarts-week
The Times, 11 June 2009
ttp://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/books/fiction/article6479898.ece
The Daily Mail, 30 April 2009
BBC Radio 2, Aled Jones Good Morning Sunday, 25 October 2009
BBC iPlayer - Aled Jones with Good Morning Sunday: 25/10/2009
BBC Radio 4, Women's Hour, 30 April 2009
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/womanshour/03/2009_17_thu.shtml
Australian Broadcasting Corporation, 3 June 2010
http://blogs.abc.net.au/tasmania/2010/06/evenings-3-june-2010-1.html?site=hobart&program=%28none%29
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