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Bad Blood: A Memoir (Hardcover)
$24.95
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Description
" Like nothing we' ve ever read before, this tragi-comic autobiographical story . . . manages to tell the story of not just the author' s family but many others-- in stark, direct, intensely courageous prose. Bad Blood is a brave, compelling book that will have a huge impact on all who read it." -- Whitbread judges In this extraordinary personal history, the late author and influential literary critic Lorna Sage tells the searing tale of her escape from a claustrophic childhood i post- World War II Britain-- a story of courage, humor, and pain that brings to life the nature of family life, memory, and marriage through three generations.
Praise for Bad Blood: A Memoir…
“Magnificent. . . . A superb memoir of a daughter of the 1950s who got knocked up, but not knocked down.”
-Maureen Corrigan, National Public Radio's Fresh Air
“In Bad Blood, [Sage] has written a classic.”
-New York Review of Books
“Deeply affecting and beautifully written.”
-People
“An award-winning memoir of courageous escape.”
-Harper's Bazaar
“Shockingly frank, but also witty, passionate, and utterly lacking self-pity — and surprisingly uplifting.”
-Kirkus Reviews
“Extraordinary… Should stand out for its combination of powerful writing, wicked black humor and social history.”
-Publishers Weekly Daily
“Deserves to become a classic.”
-The Independent (London)
“Deserves special notice… The intensely personal story will resonate with more than just Anglophiles.”
-Booklist
