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The remarkable life of P.L. Travers, the creator of Mary Poppins. An arresting lifeLawson is superb at excavating the details. Library Journal The spellbinding stories of Mary Poppins, the quintessentially English and utterly magical nanny, have been loved by generations. She flew into the lives of the unsuspecting Banks family in a childrens book that was instantly hailed as a classic, then became a household name when Julie Andrews stepped into the title role in Walt Disneys hugely successful and equally classic film. But the Mary Poppins in the stories was not the cheery film character. She was tart and sharp, plain and vain. She was a remarkable character. The story of Mary Poppins creator, as this definitive biography reveals, is equally remarkable.
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Valerie Lawson is one of Australia s leading journalists, and the author of the critically acclaimed The Allens Affair. Mary Poppins, She Wrote is her biography of P.L. Travers the highly eccentric and talented Australian author who wrote, among many other things, the much-loved Mary Poppins books. It was originally released in 1999 by Hodder Headline to positive reviews and was short-listed for the Kibble Awards. It was published in 2006 by Aurum in the UK and Simon and Schuster in the USA and is republished in the USA on December 3, 2013 to coincide with the release of the Disney film, Saving Mr Banks.
