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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... stuck in her reverie . ' What about all that funny business , though ? ' Auntie Vera shifted in her seat . You could almost see her mind fidgeting , full of the gory details Auntie Pauline and she often gossiped about on the phone ...
... stuck until we were twenty - one . ' I'd be bored shitless , meself . ' Robbie Carter was already making money as a trainee mechanic , fixing cars at the garage where his dad was in charge . Some kids had dropped out before the exams to ...
... stuck in the house , he spent hours striking match after match after match , blowing each one out as soon as its pink head had spluttered and sighed to a bald , charred tip . ' Unbelievable , ' our mother whispered , peering over his ...