A life like other people's
Bennett, Alan, 1934-
A life like other people's / Alan Bennett - 1st American ed - New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux , 2010. - 242 p. : ill., ports ; 18 cm.
"This material was originally published, in slightly different form, in Alan Bennett's untold stories (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2006)."
Includes bibliographical references and index.
In this poignant memoir of his parents´ marriage, Alan Bennett recalls the lost world of his childhood and the lives, loves, and deaths of his unforgettable aunties, Kathleen and Myra. First published in the acclaimed collectionUntold Stories, this tender, intimate family portrait beautifully captures the Bennetts´ hopes, disappointments, and yearning for a life like other people´s. With the sudden descent of his mother into depression, and later dementia, Bennett uncovers a long-held family secret in this extraordinarily moving and at times irresistibly funny work of autobiography.
9780374191924
2010021183
Bennett, Alan, 1934-
Dramatists, English----Family relationships----20th century
Dramatists, English---20th century----Diaries
PR6052.E5 / Z463 2010
92 BEN
A life like other people's / Alan Bennett - 1st American ed - New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux , 2010. - 242 p. : ill., ports ; 18 cm.
"This material was originally published, in slightly different form, in Alan Bennett's untold stories (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2006)."
Includes bibliographical references and index.
In this poignant memoir of his parents´ marriage, Alan Bennett recalls the lost world of his childhood and the lives, loves, and deaths of his unforgettable aunties, Kathleen and Myra. First published in the acclaimed collectionUntold Stories, this tender, intimate family portrait beautifully captures the Bennetts´ hopes, disappointments, and yearning for a life like other people´s. With the sudden descent of his mother into depression, and later dementia, Bennett uncovers a long-held family secret in this extraordinarily moving and at times irresistibly funny work of autobiography.
9780374191924
2010021183
Bennett, Alan, 1934-
Dramatists, English----Family relationships----20th century
Dramatists, English---20th century----Diaries
PR6052.E5 / Z463 2010
92 BEN
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