The Smallest Things
On the Enduring Power of Family - a Memoir of Tiny Dramas
- Hardcover
208 pages
- Release Date
1 March 2019
Summary
Nick Duerden’s grandparents were always just … there. A mysterious yet unchanging presence in his life, a source of dutiful visits, birthday cards and carefully preserved rituals: lunches, dinners and endless card games. But, as he enters midlife, and his 98-year-old grandmother enters a care home, he realises that, like so many of us, he should perhaps have paid more attention to her true worth years before. It is easy to take for granted the things that are always around us, the people who …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781783964154 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1783964154 |
| Author: | Nick Duerden |
| Publisher: | Elliott & Thompson Limited |
| Imprint: | Elliott & Thompson Limited |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 208 |
| Release Date: | 1 March 2019 |
| Weight: | 326g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 129mm |
What They're Saying
Critics Review
Beautifully written, touching and searingly honest . . . An excellent read' - Christina Patterson, author of The Art of Not Falling Apart; Praise for Nick Duerden:;Wise and tender’ - A. L. Kennedy; Fascinating and moving' - Cathy Rentzenbrink;Intelligent, incisive’ - Meg Rosoff
About The Author
Nick Duerden
Nick Duerden is a writer and journalist whose work has appeared in The Guardian, the Sunday Times, the Daily Telegraph, the i paper, GQ , Esquire and Elle. His books include Exit Stage Left, Get Well Soon: Adventures in Alternative Healthcare, A Life Less Lonely, and The Smallest Things: On the Enduring Power of Family. He lives in London with his wife and two daughters.
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