'Vivid and compelling and so moving... Kit's depiction of her
parents' dynamic is both painful and comforting to read' Marian
Keyes AS BROADCAST ON BBC RADIO 4 From the award-winning author of
MY NAME IS LEON comes a childhood memoir set to become a classic:
stinging, warm-hearted, and true. Kit de Waal grew up in a
household of opposites and extremes. Her haphazard mother rarely
cooked, forbade Christmas and birthdays, worked as a cleaner, nurse
and childminder sometimes all at once and believed the world would
end in 1975. Meanwhile, her father stuffed barrels full of goodies
for his relatives in the Caribbean, cooked elaborate meals on a
whim and splurged money they didn't have on cars, suits and shoes
fit for a prince. Both of her parents were waiting for paradise. It
never came. Caught between three worlds, Irish, Caribbean and
British in 1960s Birmingham, Kit and her brothers and sisters knew
all the words to the best songs, caught sticklebacks in jam jars
and braved hunger and hellfire until they could all escape. WITHOUT
WARNING AND ONLY SOMETIMES is a story of an extraordinary childhood
and how a girl who grew up in house where the Bible was the only
book on offer went on to discover a love of reading that inspires
her to this day
General
| Imprint: |
Tinder Press
|
| Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
| Release date: |
April 2023 |
| First published: |
2022 |
| Authors: |
Kit De Waal
|
| Dimensions: |
196 x 128 x 24mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Paperback
|
| Pages: |
304 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-1-4722-8485-3 |
| Categories: |
Books
Promotions
|
| LSN: |
1-4722-8485-2 |
| Barcode: |
9781472284853 |
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