Pitches the reader from the quiet observations of a retired Irish policeman into the shadows of his past, his family and youth. About experience, memory and what we manage to live with.
A group biography of four magnificent and prodigiously talented women composers who, though famous in their lifetimes for their works, are now ghosts in the canon. All were born between 1858... read more
An entertaining and affecting memoir of the great pianist's youth and early training, which began in a suburb of post-war Liverpool. Told with candour and simplicity.