Penelope Farmer

The Profile

Penelope Farmer is a British author of children's fiction, best known for the time-slip novel Charlotte Sometimes and the earlier The Summer Birds.

Charlotte Sometimes inspired The Cure's song of the same name. Charlotte Sometimes was first published in 1969; The Summer Birds is an earlier well-known work by Farmer.

The review praises Charlotte Sometimes as an enchanting time-slip novel that swaps identities between a 1960s pupil and a girl in World War I. It highlights Farmer's atmosphere, character depth, and themes of identity and belonging. The book is noted to appeal to both young readers and adults and inspired The Cure's song.