Motherwell
The moving memoir of growing up in 60s and 70s working class Scotland
$33.05
- Paperback
304 pages
- Release Date
12 January 2021
Summary
THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER
A BBC RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK
SHORTLISTED FOR THE GORDON BURN PRIZE
‘A fitting legacy left by a blazing talent’ Observer ‘A masterpiece’ Andrew O’Hagan, Guardian ‘Completely amazing’ Lucy Mangan, Stylist ‘A modern classic’ Daily Mail ‘Raw, compelling, wise and tender’ Dolly Alderton ‘Outstanding’ Jenny Colgan, Spectat…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781474611466 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 147461146X |
| Author: | Deborah Orr |
| Publisher: | Orion Publishing Co |
| Imprint: | Weidenfeld & Nicolson |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 304 |
| Release Date: | 12 January 2021 |
| Weight: | 270g |
| Dimensions: | 196mm x 128mm x 26mm |
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Critics Review
Searching, truthful, shocking (and timely) … with a reporter’s skill, she shows the interior life of her people. In the present climate, this book should be given out on the NHS … a masterpiece - GUARDIAN
Sharply intelligent and utterly unsentimental, MOTHERWELL is a fitting legacy left by a blazing talent - OBSERVERRaw, compelling, wise and tenderAn outstanding memoir … The writing is powerful and muscular; the bitterness raw and furious … as a legacy, this book will stand at least as long as Ravenscraig - SPECTATORAbout The Author
Deborah Orr
DEBORAH ORR was an award-winning journalist, whose work regularly appeared in the Guardian, the Independent, the Sunday Times and in many magazines including Vogue, Grazia and Marie Claire. She was a contributing editor to Another Magazine and was the first female editor of the Guardian’s Weekend Magazine at the age of thirty. Deborah was a co-creator of ‘Enquirer’, a play commissioned by the National Theatre of Scotland, performed in London, Glasgow and Belfast, broadcast by Radio 4 and shortlisted for new play of the year in the Critics’ Awards for Theatre in Scotland.
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