Tracy Beaker Tracy Beaker Tracy Beaker is the lead character in the "Tracy Beaker" franchise. After first appearing as the main character in Jacqueline Wilson's 1991 book "The Story of Tracy Beaker", she appeared in the popular children's television drama of the same name, portrayed by Dani Harmer, and its sequel series "Tracy Beaker Returns", as well as numerous spin-offs, Jacqueline Wilson books, a play and a video game. In her first appearances in the "Tracy Beaker" books and in the television series "The Story of Tracy Beaker", Tracy lives in care at a care home referred to as "The Dumping Ground".
The Nun's Story The Nun's Story The Nun's Story is a 1956 novel by Kathryn Hulme. The book was a Book of the Month selection and reached #1 on the New York Times best-seller list. Hulme wrote the book based partly upon the experiences of her friend, Marie Louise Habets of the Sisters of Charity of Jesus and Mary, a Belgian nurse and an ex-nun whom she met while working with refugees in post-war Europe. The author sponsored the former nun's immigration to the United States, and later converted to Catholicism. It is often erroneously stated that the book was based upon Hulme's