Muriel Newmarch was born in North London in 1903. She died in 2009, aged 106. Judith Bruce is her daughter, & Funny How Things Turn Out
- part biography, part memoir
- tells the story of both women, which in turn traces the unprecedented changes to female lives during the 20th Century. The first half of the book chronicles Muriel's world through the Zeppelin raids of WW1, a painfully stilted class system, & marriage & motherhood in the 1930s
- then her daughter, Judith, picks up the first-person narrative as a mischievous child in the 1940s & we stay with her until the end of the book. Woven artfully through the episodic chapters are the loves, aspirations & disappointments of two 'ordinary' women. Written with an understated elegance, Judith Bruce brings to life a barely remembered England of satin dresses at Swan & Edgar's, liberty bodices at grammar school, & English summer days where silent fathers mowed the lawn in polished shoes & unsuitable boyfriends smoked Player's Navy Cut. As we move through the post-war years from austerity & to prosperity, & Judith's working life at the BBC, the voice could almost be that of Alan Bennett. Even more so when charting the poignancy of Muriel's fading days, failing body & disappearing memory. A remarkable & accomplished portrait of life, love & changing fortunes.


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Every kid wants to laugh, but Max is the boy who can make it happen.

As he & his classmates head off on a camping

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Have hours of fun piecing together this adorable Funny Kittens image. This picture perfect puzzle

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Judd Apatow writes & directs this comedy drama starring Adam Sandler as George Simmons, a famous comedian who finds out that he has an incurable blood disorder & less than a year to live. His subsequent desire to form a genuine bond with another human ...

Judd Apatow writes & directs this comedy drama starring Adam Sandler as George Simmons, a famous comedian who finds out that he has an incurable blood disorder & less than a year to live. His subsequent desire to form a genuine bond with another human ...

Addresses the challenges that new teachers face in front of a class. This work offers methods for using levity to build trust with students & learn how to detect & avoid common pitfalls in the classroom. It offers advice on discipline, testing, bullying, & coaching. It also provides a perspective on maintaining control of the class. ...

A translation of Philogeios
- a 1600-year-old collection of Greek jokes. From absurd situations to general stupididity, farting
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This is how the story begins. On a dark dark hill, there was a dark dark town. In the dark dark town, there was a dark dark street...

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At the top of Lester Road in Londons East End stands Paddys Castle, the three-storey, red-bricked Georgian house that is home to Grace Donnelly & her family.

Life may be hard in the late 1930s, but it is nothing compared with what is about to follow. Graces beloved fiancé Stanley decides to enlist in the fight against Nazi Germany. & as the sirens signal blitz after blitz of bombers, the family can only hide in the cellar & hope they will survive.

But Grace has more than just the Germans to worry about. The good-looking Nobby Clark is keen to do more than just look out for his best friends fiancée.

And scheming barmaid Beryl Lovesett is determined to worm her way into the family home, seducing Graces uncle with her fur coat, no knickers...

Product Information:
• ISBN: 9780751573541
• Author: Anna King
• Publisher: Little Brown
• Format: Paperback
• Pages: 376
• Dimensions: 20 x 13 x 2.5cm













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Set between the years 1938-48, this is the story of three generations of women living in the same house during the war years. Aggie, the grandmother, is a strong matriarchal figure, who keeps the family together
- until her age begins to get to her & Grace, the main central character, starts to look after her. Hetty, the mother, is happily married to Sam but they are tragically killed when a bomb hits the cinema they are in. Grace, Vi & Polly are the daughters whose lives are particularly affected by the outbreak of war & we see how they cope with air raid sirens, rationing, war work
- & love. This book has 376 pages & is 17.6 x 10.8 x 2.5 cms

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