Mother: A Memoir

Mother: A Memoir
Nicholas Royle
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Paperback
h198 x 129mm - 224pg
14 May 2020 UK
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9781912408573
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Before the exquisitely painful `loss of her marbles', Mrs Royle, a nurse by profession, is a marvellously nononsense character, an autodidact who reads widely and voraciously-from Trollope to Woolf, White to Winterson-swears at her fox-hunting neighbours, and instils in the young Nick a love of reading and wildlife that will form his character and his career.He captures the spirit of post-war parenting as well as of his mother whose dementia and death were triggered by the tragedy of losing her other son- Royle's younger brother-to cancer in his twenties.Touching, funny and philosophical, this beautifully written memoir is punctuated by Royle's characteristic observations of the natural world and literature, as well as reflections on the links between the maternal and memory itself.Suffused with warmth and longing, this is expert storytelling and a fascinating study of the habits we pass down as parents and imbibe as children.
Status: Active
ISBN-13: 9781912408573
Published: 14 May 2020
Published In: United Kingdom
Imprint: Myriad Editions
Publisher: Myriad Editions
Format: Paperback
Height: 198mm
Width: 129mm
Pages: 224

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