{"product_id":"9781529394498","title":"Back in the Day : Melvyn Bragg's deeply affecting, first ever memoir","description":"Author(s): Bragg, Melvyn, \u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback, \u003cbr\u003eDate of Publication: 02\/03\/2023, \u003cbr\u003ePagination: 416 pages, \u003cbr\u003eSeries: N\/A, \u003cbr\u003eImprint: Sceptre, \u003cbr\u003e Published By: Hodder \u0026amp; Stoughton, \u003cbr\u003eBook Classification: Autobiography: literary\u003cbr\u003eDimensions: 128 x 198 x 29mm\u003cbr\u003eWeight: 296g\u003cbr\u003e ISBN13\\EAN\\SKU: 9781529394498\u003chr\u003e\u003cp\u003eMelvyn Bragg's first ever memoir - an elegiac, intimate account of growing up in post-war Cumbria, which vividly evokes a vanished world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'The best thing he's ever written . . . What a world he captures here. You can almost smell it' Rachel Cooke, Observer 'Wonderfully rich, endearing and unusual . . . a balanced, honest picture' Richard Benson, Mail on SundayIn this elegiac and heartfelt memoir, Melvyn Bragg recreates his youth in the Cumbrian market town of Wigton: a working-class boy who expected to leave school at fifteen yet who gained a scholarship to Oxford University; who happily roamed the streets and raided orchards with his gang of friends until a breakdown in adolescence drove him to find refuge in books.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVividly evoking the post-war era, Bragg draws an indelible portrait of all that formed him: a community-spirited northern town, still steeped in the old ways; the Lake District landscapes that inspired him; and the many remarkable people in his close-knit world. 'A charming account of a lost era, full of details and often lyrical descriptions of people and places . . . fascinating and often moving'  Christina Patterson, Sunday Times\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Winstones","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44035888546029,"sku":"9781529394498","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0423\/0240\/6809\/files\/9781529394498.jpg?v=1728664762","url":"https:\/\/winstonebooks.pro\/products\/9781529394498","provider":"Winstone's Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}