Life of My Own (eBook)

Claire Tomalin (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2017
352 Seiten
Penguin Books Ltd (Verlag)
978-0-241-97482-7 (ISBN)

Infos

A Sunday Times Top 10 BestsellerIn this remarkable memoir of love, loss and literature, acclaimed biographer Claire Tomalin turns her eye to another fascinating literary life: her own. She tells of a wartime childhood, Cambridge friendships and an early marriage to a brilliant journalist. After his sudden death in a war zone, Claire is left to raise their four children alone - all while leading a trail-blazing career in literary London. A Life of My Own is the tale of a woman overcoming obstacles both rare and routine to live not only a good but also a meaningful life.'A dramatic and absorbing survivor's tale' Hilary Spurling, Spectator'Unexpectedly moving. Tomalin's story filled me with a kind of awe. Every page is valiant, every paragraph full of pluck' Rachel Cooke, New Statesman'She has been tested in ways few women are. This memoir is a triumph' Valerie Grove, Literary Review

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 7.9.2017
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen
• Themenwelt: Kunst / Musik / Theater
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft
• ISBN-10: 0-241-97482-8 / 0241974828
• ISBN-13: 978-0-241-97482-7 / 9780241974827