Swan River: In Search of a Lost Grandfather
โ Scribed by Reynolds, David
- Book ID
- 108552395
- Publisher
- Old Street Publishing
- Year
- 2015
- Tongue
- en-GB
- Weight
- 195 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9781910400265
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โฆ Synopsis
Throughout his childhood and youth David Reynolds kept an eye on the past, entranced by family stories from Victorian London โ the music halls, the romances, the strange disappearance of his grandfather โ even as he himself came of age in the vibrant 1960s. In Swan River he describes both worlds with great vitality and sympathy, and shows how a child's puzzled interest in his forebears deepens into an adult's understanding of human nature. Swan River was shortlisted for the PEN/Ackerley prize for Autobiography.
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