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Following the acclaimed memoir And When Did You Last See Your Father,? Blake Morrison sets out to discover the many things he never knew about his mother's past. Through a series of letters from his parents' passionate World War II courtship, he uncovers a startling, touching story: a mysterious name change, a religious conundrum, and a frustrated career. Evocative and candid, Things My Mother Never Told Me paints an unforgettable picture of a quietly determined heroine and of a son's search to learn the truth about her.
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Born in Skipton, Yorkshire, Blake Morrison is the author of the bestselling memoir, And When Did You Last See Your Father?, two novels, South of the River and The Last Weekend, and a study of the Bulger case, As If. He is also a poet, critic, journalist and librettist. He teaches Creative Writing at Goldsmiths College, and lives in south London.
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An outstanding work of family literature. -- The Independent (London)
I don't expect to read a more enthralling memoir all year. Or a finer book on love and love's impediments. -- Rob Nixon, The New York Times Book Review, April 13, 2003
I don't expect to read a more enthralling memoir all year. Or a finer book on love and love's impediments. -- Rob Nixon, The New York Times Book Review, April 13, 2003
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- PublisherGranta Books
- Publication date2002
- ISBN 10 0701173432
- ISBN 13 9780701173432
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages304
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Book Description Paperback. Condition: Very Good. In his acclaimed and much-loved memoir And When Did You Last See Your Father? Blake Morrison's mother remains a mysterious, shadowy figure. One of the many things that Kim Morrison never told her son was that she was born Agnes O'Shea, one of twenty children in an Irish family; he barely met his Irish relations; till her death he never knew that she was (and remained at heart) a Catholic. This is her startling and heart-wrenching story - and a son's search to uncover the truth about the pretty, reserved and remarkable Kerry girl who qualified as a doctor in Dublin in 1942, worked as an obstetric surgeon in British hospitals throughout the war, and then reinvented herself as a conventional English wife and mother. At the heart of the book is a passionate wartime love affair seen through the frank, funny, furious letters his parents wrote during their stormy courtship. Painfully honest, unusual, a new kind of memoir, Things My Mother Never Told Me paints an unforgettable portrait of a quiet, determined heroine for our times, but also brilliantly evokes a vivid, surprising picture of life and love in WWII, the obstacles they faced, the way rules were broken by even the nicest of girls, the jealousy of one doctor (his father) who was stuck in army camps far from the front treating syphilis and other everyday horrors. And at the same time an extraordinary anatomy of love and marriage. Against her husband's wishes, Kim went on working as a GP and doctor after the war and for the rest of her life - her one rebellion. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. Seller Inventory # GOR001552220
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