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Maggie Gee
ISBN: 9781846599873
Format: Hardback
Publisher:Telegram Books
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Our lives are so short, a breath, half a breath ... and each of us has a journey to make. Maggie Gee's journey started in a small family in post-war Britain, when love, ambition and good behaviour looked very different. At seventeen, Maggie, who had 'never had a boyfriend, never has sex and never had a job' went, totally unprepared, to Oxford. From the 1960s onwards she was living the defining events of her generation…
Love, death and good behaviour looked very different to a girl growing up in a small family in 1950s England. Maggie Gee tells the true story of becoming an adult during the sexual revolution of the 1960s and living through dramatic changes in attitudes towards race, class and gender in the second half of the twentieth century. Writing intimately and frankly about her relationships, Maggie asks pertinent questions about love, sex, loss, parental duties and death. She tells how her understanding was transformed by seeing herself in the wider framework of animal life on earth. This remarkable memoir celebrates the joy and beauty of a short life on a hospitable planet.
| ISBN | 1846599873 | | Pages | 224 | | ISBN13 | 9781846599873
(What's this?) | | Weight (grammes) | 408 | | Publisher | Telegram Books | | Published in | London | | Imprint | Telegram Books | | Height (mm) | 135 | | Format | Hardback | | Width (mm) | 210 | | Publication date | 08 Mar 2010 | | Spine width (mm) | 28 | | DEWEY | 823.914 | | Academic level | General | | DEWEY edition | DC22 | |
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Exceptionally interesting and brave - Maggie Gee's account of her life as a writer cuts to the bone as she relives triumphs, rejections, despair and renewal. It's a wonderful book, for its boldness and vigour, and for its piercing honesty.' Claire Tomalin 'A living and unusual book: part social history, part family history and part autobiography which chronicles the evolution and career of a gifted novelist. Observant, honest and sensitively-written - it demands to be read. I greatly enjoyed it.' Michael Holroyd 'My Animal Life is full of riches. She writes with uncompromising honesty about the triumphs and vicissitudes of her personal and literary life and offers balanced and wise insights into family and friendship, motherhood and marriage, class and race. Highly recommended for all aspiring writers.' Bernardine Evaristo 'Maggie Gee writes with such courage and wit. This is a vivid portrait of a woman finding her way through the maze of class ridden post-war England, the 60's, feminism and how to be a mother and a writer.' Diana Melly  Be the first to write a customer review
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