Dear Tom
Letters from Home
$42.73
- Paperback
400 pages
- Release Date
2 November 2001
Summary
‘Letters that show a mother’s love, and a way of life that has gone forever.’
‘I suppose my luck is You, Ann and Dad and more so if I could really write.’ Annie Eliza Courtenay
Tom Courtenay was born in Hull in 1937 and brought up near the fish dock where his father worked. When he left home for university, his mother, Annie, wrote to him every week and when her letters became more searching and more intimate in response to Tom’s unhappiness he kept every one, not knowing that…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780552999267 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0552999261 |
| Author: | Tom Courtenay |
| Publisher: | Transworld Publishers Ltd |
| Imprint: | Black Swan |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 400 |
| Release Date: | 2 November 2001 |
| Weight: | 273g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 127mm x 24mm |
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Critics Review
‘This is an unusual book. It brims with unabashed love.’ Irish Independent
”‘This is an unusual book. It brims with unabashed love.’ Irish Independent” “‘What lifts DEAR TOM well above the usual run of thespian recollections is that it is also a posthumous collaboration with his mother Annie, the author of the letters which fill the second half of the book, and which provide a deeply touching counterpoint of unfulfilled promise to his firework ascent into celebrity in the early Sixties.’ Independent” “‘Wonderfully accomplished…an unusual and touching memoir.’ Daily Mail” “‘Pure Alan Bennett, but more warm-hearted…one of the most moving books I’ve read all year.’ Scotsman” “‘Like many of our skilled actors, among them Dirk Bogarde, Alec Guinness and Peter O’Toole, Courtenay proves to be a skilled and sensitive writer.’ Glasgow Sunday Herald”
About The Author
Tom Courtenay
Tom Courtenay shot to fame in the early Sixties with a string of successful films, including The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner, Billy Liar, and Dr. Zhivago.
Since then, he has worked mainly in theatre but has also starred in One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich. He created the part of Norman in The Dresser on both stage and screen, performed solo in the Russian dissident play Moscow Stations in Edinburgh, London, and New York, created the role of Serge in the original West End production of Art, and played King Lear at the Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester.
His latest film is Last Orders. He was knighted in the 2001 New Year’s Honours List. Dear Tom is his first book.
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