Once in a House on Fire

b>With an introduction by Eimear McBride/b>b>A devastatingly powerful, moving and uplifting memoir - now a classic of its genre - that inspired others to tell their own true life stories./b>When our stepfather staggered home reeking of whisky, ceramic hit the wall. We got used to the smash and the next-day stain, but eventually the wallpaper began to fade . . .For Andrea Ashworth, home is not a place of comfort and solace, but of violence and fear. Her father died when she was five, leaving her close-knit, loving family to battle with poverty, abuse and the long shadow of depression. But from the ashes of 1970s Manchester and the hardships of her coming-of-age in the late 1980s, Andrea finds the courage to rise . . . Written with eye-opening honesty, rare beauty and intense power, Once in a House on Fire is a ground-breaking memoir, endearing in its humour and compassion, and life-affirming in its portrait of terrible circumstances triumphantly overcome.

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Andrea Ashworth

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A ground-breaking memoir

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This is a brilliant book. Brilliantly written, brilliantly thought, brilliantly remembered . . . Ashworth has written an extraordinary memoir; the only pity is that she had to live it to make it Scotsman

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Andrea Ashworth
• Con la collaborazione di: Eimear McBride (WYLIE) (Introduzione)
• Editore: Picador Uk
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 01.01.2015
• EAN: 9781447275121
• ISBN: 978-1-4472-7512-1
• Pagine: 368
• Dimensioni: 130 mm x 197 mm x 24 mm
• Serie: Picador Classic; Picador Classics; Picador Classic; Picador Classics; Aziza's Secret Fairy Door; Picador Collection
• Categorie: Narrativa > Romanzi; Autobiography: literary