Things My Mother Never Told Me

[Morrison’s] prose has the diamond cut of a poet’s eye, and his story is suffused with warmth and longing-he has brought [his mother] vividly to life in an outstanding work of family literature * Independent *Honest, funny and touching, this is a loving tribute from a son to his mother * Sunday Mirror *Morrison constructs the book beautifully, as always… Fine writing and expert editing…with Morrison’s usual virtues of unsentimental observation and expert storytelling * Sunday Times *A marvellous example of what a zen-like act of sustained attention can do to honour and illuminate the ordinary… It has a universality * Evening Standard *A scintillating read… Not only a fine evocation of the period, but also a fascinating study of a marriage * GQ *

Born in Skipton, Yorkshire, Blake Morrison is the author of the bestselling memoir, And When Did You Last See Your Father?, two novels, South of the River and The Last Weekend, and a study of the Bulger case, As If. He is also a poet, critic, journalist and librettist. He teaches Creative Writing at Goldsmiths College, and lives in south London.

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