This story is based on the author's own family experiences. It tells the story of a young couple who go to India with the army. When the father dies and the mother becomes ill the children are taken to an orphanage and have adventures running away to a magic house.
- ISBN10 071813432X
- ISBN13 9780718134327
- Publish Date 15 October 1990
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 11 January 1996
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Penguin Books Ltd
- Imprint Michael Joseph Ltd
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 256
- Language English