The author’s mother came from a Sikh family that fled the Punjab in Partition; later she moved to Berlin and Washington. A fine memoir of family whose identity and roots have been complicated by political change, extremism and migration.
The Lost Homestead: My Mother, Partition and the Punjab
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£25.00
Edition:Hardback978147367774612/11/2020From 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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Another chronicle from the author of 'The Years', now looking back on her girlhood: a mix of Duras and de Beauvoir.
A Girl’s Story
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The charming, funny wartime diaries of the Countess of Ranfurly, 1939-1945: the latest Slightly Foxed limited edition.
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Motherwell: A Girlhood
Hardback £16.99