Away to the Woods

by Lena Kennedy (Author)

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  Mass Market Paperback
  1996

  $4.27

  This autobiography of Lena Kennedy recounts the sense of community and period that characterizes her novels. Written in three sections, the first depicts the breakup of her community of shackdwellers , who lived in the woods near a Kentish village. The second part is set in London and concerns the start of her writing career and her long search for acceptance by a publisher. Finally, the third part covers the last decade of her life and her years of success, in stark contrast to when she was a shackdwelling child, sitting on her grandmother's doorstep and listening to her storytelling. This work is the story of Lena Kennedy's life as a writer, explaining the formative influences that shaped her career - idyllic Kentish summers, the smoky bustle of London - and is recounted in the style that made her one of Britain's best-loved novelists.

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  Hardcover
  1995

  $3.40

  Lena Kennedy's autobiography features the same sense of community and period that characterizes her novels. Written in three sections, the first depicts the break-up of her community of shackdwellers , who live in the woods near a Kentish village. The second part is set in London and concerns the start of her writing career and her long search for acceptance by a publisher. Finally, the book's third part covers the last decade of her life and her years of success, in stark contrast to when she was a shackdwelling child, sitting on her grandmother's doorstep and listening to her storytelling. Lena Kennedy lived all her life in London's East End. She died in 1986.