There were many things Blake Morrison’s mother never told him. Upon her death, he discovers a cache of letters written between his mother and father during World War II. Through this correspondence, Morrison uncovers the difficult truths of his parents’ relationship and the changes his mother underwent, from her name to her religion. Carefully interspersing these letters with his own recollections from childhood, Morrison has created an honest and loving yet unsentimental telling of a mother’s story — and a son’s determination to uncover the truth.
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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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Blake Morrison is the author of a memoir, And When Did You Last See Your Father?, one novel The Justification of Johann Gutenberg, two collections of poems, a children's book, and a study of the Bulger case, As If. He lives in London.
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This review is from: Things My Mother Never Told Me (Hardcover)
This is a memoir of the author's mother, told in clear, direct prose, embellished by letters found in a bundle after his mother's death. It is a love story from the Fifties, complete with romantic music, prejudice (against the Irish, Jews, Catholics and just about anybody not English) and social mores now abandoned (women are nurses, not doctors, you wear hat and gloves to church and there is NO premarital sex).That Kim O'Shea breaks with all of these traditions is a testimony to her will power. But the price she pays and the continual battle she wages for independence is heartbreaking. This is a lovely portrayal of a kind, determined woman and the World War II world she lived in. A nice book for feminists, historians and just about everybody.
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I liked this authors memoir he wrote about his father..,
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NOT LONG BEFORE she died, my mother gave me quite a turn. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Booth Hall, Langford Street, Dudley Road, Cawder Ghyll, Patrick O'Shea, Mary Galvin, Red Lodge, Ross Beigh, Air Ministry, Arthur Morrison, Uncle Joe, Auntie Sheila, Irish Catholic, Mike Winstanley, Uncle Ron, Auntie Mary, Bing Crosby, Claudette Colbert, County Kerry, King's Cross, Lady Chatterley's Lover, Margaret Lyons, Med School, Miss Butler, Ring of Kerry New!
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NOT LONG BEFORE she died, my mother gave me quite a turn. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Booth Hall, Langford Street, Dudley Road, Cawder Ghyll, Patrick O'Shea, Mary Galvin, Red Lodge, Ross Beigh, Air Ministry, Arthur Morrison, Uncle Joe, Auntie Sheila, Irish Catholic, Mike Winstanley, Uncle Ron, Auntie Mary, Bing Crosby, Claudette Colbert, County Kerry, King's Cross, Lady Chatterley's Lover, Margaret Lyons, Med School, Miss Butler, Ring of Kerry New!
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- As If: A Crime, a Trial, a Question of Childhood by Blake Morrison in Front Matter, and page 59
- The Story of a Soul: The Autobiography of Saint Therese of Lisieux by St. Therese of Lisieux on page 118
- Too True by Blake Morrison in Front Matter
- The yellow house by Blake Morrison in Front Matter
- Dark Glasses (Chatto counterblasts) by Blake Morrison in Front Matter
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- Granta 77: What We Think of America by Ian Jack in Back Matter
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