WHAT IS YOUR FIRST MEMORY? Or, rather, what do you imagine to be
your earliest memory? Perhaps, alternatively, there was a moment
during childhood when the world's axis shifted? A transformative
realisation, epiphany or experience that changed the course of your
life: your very own 'sense of a beginning'... In My First Memory,
bestselling anthologist Ben Holden explores these touchstones via
the watershed experiences of some of the greatest figures of our
age. Along the way, he lightly explores how memory and childhood
merge to form identity. How, in the process, we not only create
individual origin-stories but also, on a broader level, fashion
human history. The first memories of iconic figures - from
Machiavelli to Freud, Einstein to Hawking, Churchill to Luther
King, Pankhurst to Angelou, Pavarotti to Springsteen, and Pele to
Bolt - combine with exclusive, personal pieces by some of today's
greatest writers, scientists and thinkers: the likes of Sebastian
Barry, Melvyn Bragg, David Eagleman, Susan Greenfield, Tessa
Hadley, Javier Marias, Michael Morpurgo and the late Ursula K Le
Guin. The trip down memory lane is heightened by the remembrances
of refugees: from heroic figures such as Madeleine Albright, Isabel
Allende, Alf Dubs, Yusra Mardini, Elie Wiesel and Stefan Zweig to
lesser-known but no less courageous voices. Many of these moving
accounts tell of children being forced to leave home and family
behind forever. They may have grown up to lead inspirational lives
- but none ever forgot from whence they came. After all, each of us
must start somewhere and - as this timeless collection
unforgettably proves - there is always a first time for everything.
Praise for Poems That Make Grown Men Cry: 'Everyone who reads this
collection will be roused: disturbed by the pain, exalted in the
zest for joy given by poets' Observer 'That's the great thing about
a good anthology of poems: you are reminded of old friends and
introduced to new ones... This is a welcome addition to my shelves'
Sunday Telegraph 'A fascinating anthology. Finding out what makes
particular men emotional is intriguing' Irish Independent 'The
title is pure genius... what I love most is the proud grasp of
emotion as mature and manly. Two words that become magnificent in
their juxtaposition: "men" and "cry"' Daily Mail 'This is a really
thought-provoking book...The range of contributors leads to a
wonderful range of verse. And the overall result is a wonderfully
powerful and moving experience' The Times
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