Where Shall We Run To?: A Memoir
£8.99A NEW STATESMAN BOOK OF THE YEAR
From one of our greatest living writers, comes a remarkable memoir of a forgotten England.
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Some Kids I Taught And What They Taught Me
£16.99By telling the stories of some of the kids she’s taught, as well as her own, Kate Clanchy (MBE) offers a candid, funny and moving insight into life in British state schools today.
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BAD BLOOD_4TH ESTATE MATCHB PB
£9.99One of the most critically acclaimed memoirs ever written.
One of the ten books – novels, memoirs and one very unusual biography – that make up our Matchbook Classics’ series, a stunningly redesigned collection of some of the best loved titles on our backlist.
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Cotswold Family Life
£14.99For 8 years, Clare Mackintosh wrote for ‘Cotswold Life’ about the ups and downs of life with a young family in the countryside. In this memoir she brings together all of those stories – and more – for the first time. From keeping chickens to getting the WI drunk, longing for an Aga to dealing with nits, Clare opens the door to family life with warmth and humour and heart.
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Not The Whole Story: A Memoir
£9.99This short volume has turned out to be merely a handful of recollections of well-remembered times and stories – some probably misremembered, too – and a few people who have played a crucial part in my life. And some confessions: I have never before tried to write about my doll phobia, for instance, or about the effect synaesthesia has had over the years. I can only hope that this collection of stories from times past might give some idea of a mostly happy life that has gone, and is going, much too fast.
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Writer’s Luck
£10.99Luck plays an important part in the careers of writers. In this work, David Lodge explores how his work was inspired and affected by unpredictable events in his life.
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Welcome Home
£16.99A portrait of the literary sensation and short-story master Lucia Berlin, told through a compilation of sketches, letters from, and photos of, friends and lovers.
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Whos In Whos Out
£30.00Kenneth Rose was one of the most astute observers of the establishment for over 70 years. The wry and amusing journals of the royal biographer and historian made objective observation a sculpted craft. His impeccable social placement located him within the beating heart of the national elite for decades. He was capable of writing substantial history, such as his priceless material on the abdication crisis from conversations with both the Duke of Windsor and the Queen Mother. Yet he maintained sufficient distance to achieve impartial documentation while working among political, clerical, military, literary, and aristocratic circles.
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This Really Isn’t About You
£12.99A disarmingly tender, funny and honest memoir of grief, illness and finding your way in life.
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Where Shall We Run To? A Memoir
£14.99A NEW STATESMAN BOOK OF THE YEAR A GUARDIAN BOOK OF THE YEAR
From one of our greatest living writers, comes a remarkable memoir of a forgotten England.
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Killing It
£16.99A deeply personal female narrative memoir about life, love, death, and dinner, set in the world of butchery.
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Life Of My Own
£9.99As one of the best biographers of her generation, Claire Tomalin has written about great novelists and poets to huge success: now, she turns to look at her own life. This enthralling memoir follows her through triumph and tragedy in about equal measure, from the disastrous marriage of her parents and the often difficult wartime childhood that followed, to her own marriage to the brilliant young journalist Nicholas Tomalin.