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Not Great Hopes

Paperback • 2017 • 1. edition

Not Great Hopes

By Peter Traves

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About the book

Not Great Hopes is a personal account of episodes from the author's childhood and a vivid evocation of life during the 1950s and 1960s. The chapters range from everyday life in the Birmingham suburb of Northfield, to school life, sport, television, holidays, a first experience of foreign travel, extended family and the account of a bitter family breakdown. They include details of a childhood that is in many ways dramatically different from the childhood of today, though many themes will resonate...Show more

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ISBN

9781858585635

Publisher

Brewin Books

Published year

2017

Language

Edition

1

Original title

Not Great Hopes

Format

Paperback

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