The stirrings a memoir in northern time
Catherine Taylor's account of growing up in northern England in the 1970s and 80s shines a light on the particular history of a time and place - that 'strange country of the North' as George Orwell famously called it. Against this backdrop, and of music, the miners' strike, fears...
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| Sprache: | eng |
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W&N, Weidenfeld & Nicolson
2024
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| Ausgabe: | Paperback edition |
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Tag hinzufügen | Zusammenfassung: | Catherine Taylor's account of growing up in northern England in the 1970s and 80s shines a light on the particular history of a time and place - that 'strange country of the North' as George Orwell famously called it. Against this backdrop, and of music, the miners' strike, fears of nuclear war, and economic downturn - all of which become a character of sorts in her writing, Catherine Taylor creates a series of very personal essays on subjects traditionally seen as taboo: parental estrangement, abortion, chronic illness, and how an obsession with the serial killer who stalked Yorkshire throughout her childhood became the inspiration for early feminism - all shot through with poetry, risk-taking and humour |
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| Beschreibung: | 228 Seiten |
| ISBN: | 1474625312 1-4746-2531-2 9781474625319 978-1-4746-2531-9 |