Once in a House on FirePicador, 1998 - 332 էջ Set in 1970s Manchester, "Once in a House on Fire" tells the true story of three sisters and their mother, a close-knit and loving family forced to battle with poverty, abuse and the effects of depression. Beautifully written and deeply inspiring, with a new afterword by Andrea Ashworth, it is a book that will stay with its readers for ever. 'This is a brilliant book. Brilliantly written, brilliantly thought, brilliantly remembered . . . Ashworth has written an extraordinary memoir; the only pity is that she had to live it to make it' " Scotsman" 'Enchanting and thrilling . . . As a chronicle of northern working-class life in the seventies and eighties . . . it would be hard to better this book. It is extremely moving . . . It is also at time surprisingly, and gratifyingly, very funny' Tim Lott, "The Times" 'Full of energy, wit and a child's wide-open gaze . . . Andrea Ashworth escaped the fire to write a remarkable book' Blake Morrison, " Independent on Sunday" |
From inside the book
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... girls till you get back to England , if that's really what you want . ' ' It is . ' My hand grasped Auntie Penny's leathery one , loaded with sparkling rings . ' It is , ' my mother said , looking at my stepfather and his bleeding head ...
... Girls lurked with older lads around the phone box over the road , circling a cigarette that flared out of each face before being passed along . ' Right common , ' our mother declared when she spotted them huddling in the rain . Bare ...
... girls hit me with friendly filthy names , in Rasta lilts that slipped when they got flustered , flat Mancunian falling out instead . ' Ras ya cunt , ' they might be laughing and clicking their fingers , until some lad landed them a ...