Rivets, Trivets and Galvanised Buckets
Life in the village hardware shop
$43.49
- Paperback
352 pages
- Release Date
10 September 2024
Summary
‘A hymn to hardware, charming, lyrical’ - The Sunday Times, BOOK OF THE WEEK
‘A paean to DIY’ - The Times
‘Strung together very agreeably, with dry wit and, dare I say it, considerable polish’ - Country Life
In 2018 Tom Fort’s daughter-in-law took over a century-old hardware shop. The family dreamed of developing the shop into one that would become the centre of village life; that much did come true, but not in the way they had expected.
Interweaving the evolut…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781472291950 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1472291956 |
| Author: | Tom Fort |
| Publisher: | Headline Publishing Group |
| Imprint: | Headline Book Publishing |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 352 |
| Release Date: | 10 September 2024 |
| Weight: | 249g |
| Dimensions: | 196mm x 128mm x 28mm |
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Critics Review
strung together very agreeably, with dry wit and, dare I say it, considerable polish (third row, second shelf) * Country Life *
A hymn to hardware … charming … This book tells a quirky tale of subculture, a shrine where many of us worship. – Book of the Week * Sunday Times *
A paean to DIY, and a history of the various rivets, trivets and gadgets on sale. If you want to read about the evolution of the humble screw, then this is the book for you … * The Times, Best Books of Summer 2023 *
Educational and entertaining, take a trip behind the shelves, window displays and hooks to discover more about this industrious world * Best of British, Book of the Month *
This delightful book is full of surprises * Literary Review *
About The Author
Tom Fort
Tom Fort was educated at Eton and Balliol College, Oxford. In 1978 he joined the BBC in London where he worked in the BBC Radio newsroom for 22 years. He lives in South Oxfordshire with his wife and two of his children. Two of his books have been selected for BBC R4’s ‘Book of the Week.’
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