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Total pages original book: 352
Includes a PDF summary of 36 pages
Duration of the summary (audio): 27M19S (7.2 MB)
Description or summary of the audiobook: A Sunday Times Top 10 Bestseller In this remarkable memoir of love, loss and literature, acclaimed biographer Claire Tomalin turns her eye to another fascinating literary life: her own. She tells of a wartime childhood, Cambridge friendships and an early marriage to a brilliant journalist. After his sudden death in a war zone, Claire is left to raise their four children alone - all while leading a trail-blazing career in literary London. A Life of My Own is the tale of a woman overcoming obstacles both rare and routine to live not only a good but also a meaningful life.'A dramatic and absorbing survivor's tale' Hilary Spurling, Spectator'Unexpectedly moving. Tomalin's story filled me with a kind of awe. Every page is valiant, every paragraph full of pluck' Rachel Cooke, New Statesman'She has been tested in ways few women are. This memoir is a triumph' Valerie Grove, Literary Review
Other categories, genre or collection: Literary Studies: Fiction, Novelists & Prose Writers, Autobiography: Arts & Entertainment, Autobiography: Literary, Literary Studies: General, Biography: Literary, Biography: General, Memoirs