My Father's Places
$30.00
- Paperback
224 pages
- Release Date
24 June 2010
Summary
In 1949, after years of nomadic existence, nine-year-old Aeronwy Thomas and her family arrived at the Boat House in Laugharne, a small village on the Welsh coast. Here her father, the poet Dylan Thomas and mother, Caitlin, hoped to find peace, a place to settle and work.
In Laugharne Dylan began some of his most famous works, including Under Milk Wood. Mornings were spent in Brown’s Hotel, listening to the gossip at Ivy William’s kitchen table. In the afternoons Caitlin would lock the…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781849013642 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1849013640 |
| Author: | Aeronwy Thomas |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Imprint: | Constable |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 224 |
| Release Date: | 24 June 2010 |
| Weight: | 160g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 130mm x 18mm |
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An enchanting book on every level, Aeronwy Thomas is not just her father’s daughter but a skilled author in her own right
An enchanting book on every level, Aeronwy Thomas is not just her father’s daughter but a skilled author in her own right - Jennifer Worth, author of Call the Midwife
It [the Boathouse] looks a magical place for a child to explore - and so it proves in Aeronwy’s clear-eyed, Laurie Lee-like memories of mudflats and sandbanks, picnics, swimming and going cockling … this enchanted but unsentimental book … of her wonderfully vivid childhood - is profoundly moving. - Daily MailA moving memoir … beautifully drawn. - The Sunday Times:A fantastic memoir … both touching and humourous - Image magazine, Book of the MonthA captivating portrait of life in the often happy, often chaotic Thomas household. - South Wales Evening PostPicaresque, chaotic and moving - Big IssueHighly evocative, moving and melancholy - The Sunday TimesPortrays a chaotic childhood with unsentimental grace…touching. - New York TimesAbout The Author
Aeronwy Thomas
Aeronwy Thomas is the only daughter of Dylan Thomas and Caitlan. She was a poet as well as a worldwide ambassador for her father’s work, and president of the Dylan Thomas Society. She frequently travelled and lectured on her parents and her own poetry. She died in July 2009.
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