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A Life of My Own

Paperback • 2018 • 1. edition

A Life of My Own

By Claire Tomalin

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About the book

A Sunday Times Top 10 Bestseller In this remarkable memoir of love, loss and literature, acclaimed biographer Claire Tomalin turns her eye to another fascinating literary life: her own. She tells of a wartime childhood, Cambridge friendships and an early marriage to a brilliant journalist. After his sudden death in a war zone, Claire is left to raise their four children alone - all while leading a trail-blazing career in literary London. A Life of My Own is the tale of a woman overcoming obstacl...Show more

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ISBN

9780241974834

Publisher

Penguin Books Ltd

Published year

2018

Language

Edition

1

Original title

A Life of My Own

Format

Paperback

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