My Animals and Other Family
$44.63
- Hardcover
96 pages
- Release Date
15 November 2007
Summary
A treat for Christmas, a delightful little book of stories by one of Britain’s most original writers.
In these five stories Julia Blackburn recalls the significant animals in her life and in so doing gives us a sidelong glance at the human members of her family, her painter mother and poet father.
First comes Congo the bush baby, from the jungles of Madagascar via Harrods pet department. He slept in an old cap on the back of the door, and could leap about the room via the pict…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780224082341 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0224082345 |
| Author: | Julia Blackburn |
| Publisher: | Vintage Publishing |
| Imprint: | Jonathan Cape |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 96 |
| Release Date: | 15 November 2007 |
| Weight: | 190g |
| Dimensions: | 186mm x 134mm x 13mm |
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About The Author
Julia Blackburn
Julia Blackburn is the author of five books of non-fiction: Charles Waterton, The Emperor’s Last Island, Daisy Bates in the Desert, Old Man Goya, and With Billie; and two novels, The Book of Colour and The Leper’s Companions, both of which were shortlisted for the Orange Prize. She is the author of seventeen short stories specially commissioned by BBC Radio, a selection of which were published in My Animals and Other Family, and four radio plays, including The Spellbound Horses. She is married to the artist Herman Makkink and they live in Suffolk and Italy.
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