A Life Like Other People's

A Life Like Other People's

by Alan Bennett (Author), Alan Bennett (Author), Alan Bennett (Author)

Synopsis

Alan Bennett's "A Life Like Other People's" is a poignant family memoir offering a portrait of his parents' marriage and recalling his Leeds childhood, Christmases with Grandma Peel, and the lives, loves and deaths of his unforgettable aunties Kathleen and Myra. Bennett's powerful account of his mother's descent into depression and later dementia comes hand in hand with the uncovering of a long-held tragic secret. A heartrending and at times irresistibly funny work of autobiography by one of the best-loved English writers alive today.

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Format: Hardcover
Pages: 256
Edition: Main
Publisher: Faber & Faber
Published: 03 Sep 2009

ISBN 10: 0571248128
ISBN 13: 9780571248124
Book Overview: A Life Like Other People's is the acclaimed title piece from Alan Bennett's bestselling collection Untold Stories.

Author Bio
Alan Bennett has been one of our leading dramatists since the success of Beyond the Fringe in the 1960s. His television series Talking Heads has become a modern-day classic, as have many of his works for stage and screen. His collection of prose, Untold Stories, won the PEN/Ackerley Prize for autobiography, 2006.