Keeping Mum
A Wartime Childhood. Winner of the Costa Book Award 2006
(Sprache: Englisch)
Mum and Dad - Squibs and Bert - were a complete mystery to Brian Thompson, as he grew up in Cambridge and London during the 1940s. His mother danced with the Yanks all night and slept under a fake fur coat all day, and when his father bothered to come home,...
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Mum and Dad - Squibs and Bert - were a complete mystery to Brian Thompson, as he grew up in Cambridge and London during the 1940s. His mother danced with the Yanks all night and slept under a fake fur coat all day, and when his father bothered to come home, he resolutely discouraged Brian in everything. Whilst other children were evacuated out of the big cities, Brian found himself travelling into London, and spent much of the war with an eccentric crowd of ribald relations.
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'The prefect antidote to the 'misery memior'.' -- The Judges, Costa Book Award 2006 for BiographyMum and Dad - Squibs and Bert - were a complete mystery to Brian Thompson, as he grew up in Cambridge and London during the 1940s. His mother danced with the Yanks all night and slept under a fake fur coat all day, and when his father bothered to come home, he resolutely discouraged Brian in everything. Whilst other children were evacuated out of the big cities, Brian found himself travelling into London, and spent much of the war with an eccentric crowd of ribald relations.
Autoren-Porträt von Brian Thompson
Thompson, BrianBRIAN THOMPSON was born in Lambeth, London in 1935. After vigorous rescue remedies applied by two grammar schools,
he read English at Cambridge. Since 1973 he has written for a living as a radio and television playwright and documentary film
maker. His first volume of memoir, Keeping Mum, was published by Atlantic in 2006 and the second volume, Clever Girl, was published in 2007. He is also the author of several acclaimed biographies including A Monkey Among Crocodiles and The Nightmare of a Victorian Bestseller. The Widow's Secret is his first novel. He lives in Oxford.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Brian Thompson
- 2006, 240 Seiten, Maße: 19,8 cm, Kartoniert (TB), Englisch
- Verlag: Atlantic Books
- ISBN-10: 1843544989
- ISBN-13: 9781843544982
Sprache:
Englisch
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