Currently Browsing: Autobiography
Jul 17, 2009
A Full House – But Empty – Angus Munro
This is the first autobiography that I have been asked to review. I will confess, biographies don’t appear within my preferred genres although many of the ones I have read I have enjoyed very much. The beauty of the autobiography is that the life that is being recounted is very personal and infused with meaning that only the author could have known or deduced. I don’t always relate to... read more
Feb 26, 2009
A Fortunate Life – A.B. Facey
What does it take for us to think that we have a fortunate life? Is it measured by material things? An expensive car, a large house, plenty of overseas holidays? Perhaps it is more emotional for some people. Perhaps some people see themselves as fortunate if they have a happy marriage, or if their children do well at school, or if they have their family near to them. Maybe it is career driven – an... read more
Dec 2, 2008
The Boy Who Loved Books – John Sutherland
The Boy Who Loved Books is an autobiography written by John Sutherland who is Emeritus Lord Northcliffe Professor at University College London. Sutherland was born just before the Second World War, and the majority of the book deals with the first 20 years of his life. He grew up in Colchester and suffered through childhood and adolescence with the memory of a dead father and an often absentee and always... read more
