Often hilarious and certainly astonishing, this is the novelist’s memoir of growing up in Sheffield in the 1950s. His father, an insecure bully, adopted a toup?e, which functioned as an instrument with which to control his children and wife. (Also available in paperback).
My Own Worst Enemy: Scenes of a Childhood
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£14.99
Edition:Hardback978180075081424/02/2022From a Bookshelf nearby
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My theory and practice is to say yes to life and then I'll see how I manage along the way. Part memoir, part manifesto of a fiercely independent spirit; intelligent and lyrical.
The Soul of a Woman
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Miss Aluminum: A Memoir
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Lost Cat: A Memoir
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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
Hardback £16.99