What the grown-ups were doing : an odyssey through 1950s suburbia
Hanson, Michele2012
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Michele Hanson grew up an 'oddball tomboy disappointment' in a Jewish family in Ruislip, London during the 1950s - a Metroland of neat lawns, bridge parties and Martini socials. Yet this respectability masked a multitude of anxieties and lively gossip
Main title:
What the grown-ups were doing : an odyssey through 1950s suburbia / by Michele Hanson
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Imprint:
Leicester Thorpe 2012
Collation:
360 p. (large print)
Contents:
The trouble with Christians -- Mice and peas -- The burden of always being right -- The other side of the family -- Grandma's enormous tragedy -- The wedding -- Moonface the fibber -- The carvery -- Naughty Jews -- Through the hatch -- The perils of being a blabbermouth -- Poor toad -- Cannes -- Filth from London -- Grandma's decline -- The life of a suburban housewife -- The outcast and her dog -- Sub-standard husbands -- The nose -- The road to ruin -- The coffee bar -- The very rude man -- Two deaths and a close shave -- A hole in the head -- Vulgar world -- A German in the house -- Rebels -- Short shorts -- Pamela has had enough -- Art school -- Debbie Katz's shocking news -- What the Martins did -- Lesley goes too far -- My father, the fornicator -- Front bottoms -- The boat dream -- Forced feeding -- Pamela plans her escape -- Another mad family -- Celia the matchmaker -- The boyfriend and the bomb -- Ruislip Library -- Life after Bill -- Lesbians -- Improved new world -- Eze-sur-Mer -- The big betrayal -- Nurse Isabel -- The party -- Goodbye, blow-waves
ISBN:
9781444813395 (hbk)
Dewey class:
BIOGRAPHY HANS
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
85769
More Information:
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Penrith | Large Print - Nonfiction | HANS | Available |