“…It was on the afternoon of Christmas Eve, and I was in Mrs Protheroe’s garden, waiting for cats, with her son Jim…”. Every adult and every childs needs to have Thomas’s words and images – of firemen and snow, blustery uncles and tiny aunts, imaginary fur trappers and pudding – deep in their souls. He’s good on presents too, the Useful (“…books that told me everything about the wasp, except why…”) and the Useless (a false nose). With Ellen Raskin’s wonderful woodcuts, first used in the 1959 edition. A small and perfectly formed snowball of joy and humour.
A Child’s Christmas in Wales
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Edition:Paperback978081123187906/09/2022From a Bookshelf nearby
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In this inspired recreation of her parents' hopes and lives, MW has created a vivid memoir of post-war childhood and adventure in Cairo, Italy and London.
Inventory of a Life Mislaid: An Unreliable Memoir
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Brought up in North Carolina in the Jim Crow era, AT won a postgraduate scholarship to Brown University, worked at Warhol's Factory and volunteered for Diana Vreeland. He went on to become e... read more
The Chiffon Trenches
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This is the first publication of Hugh Trevor-Roper's private journal of his visit to the People's Republic of China in 1965, shortly before the outbreak of the Cultural Revolution. It also d... read more
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Those who enjoyed his memoir 'Cold Cream' will know to expect a vivid, fond and fascinating portrait of an unconventional woman.
Kiss Myself Goodbye: The Many Lives of Aunt Munca
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