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Item Details
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A YORKSHIRE BOYHOOD
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| By: |
Roy Hattersley |
| Format: |
Paperback |
| List price:
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£10.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0316853836 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780316853835 |
| Publisher: |
LITTLE, BROWN BOOK GROUP |
| Pub. date: |
5 July, 2001 |
| Pages: |
300 |
| Description: |
Roy Hattersley's childhood memoir reveals a somewhat precocious only child, surrounded by protective adults equally determined to expose him to books and shield him from germs. He evokes a ten-year feud with the neighbours; unwavering devotion to Sheffield Wednesday; and the hardships of the 1930s. |
| Synopsis: |
"It was not until he was dead and I was forty that I realised my father was once in Holy Orders," Roy Hattersley reveals, setting the tone in the opening pages of his childhood memoir. A somewhat precocious only child, Roy grew up surrounded by protective adults, equally determined to expose him to books and to shield him from germs - second-hand books were decontaminated by a sharp session in the oven. A ten-year feud with the next door neighbours; unwavering devotion to Sheffield Wednesday; the hardships of the 1930s and the Blitz; the eleven-plus examination and Grammar School - all the pleasures and pangs of northern working-class boyhood are relived. |
| Illustrations: |
8 b&w illustrations |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Little, Brown |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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