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About Time Too Penelope Mortimer

About Time Too By Penelope Mortimer

About Time Too by Penelope Mortimer


$18.99
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Summary

The sequel to About Time, this second volume of autobiography covers the period which included the acceptance of the author's first novel in 1945 and her divorce from writer John Mortimer in 1972. During these years her activities ranged from being an agony aunt to writing The Pumpkin Eater.

About Time Too Summary

About Time Too: 1940-78 by Penelope Mortimer

With this second volume of autobiography Penelope Mortimer covers the three decades, from the acceptance of her first novel in 1945 (intended as an immense historical saga about the collapse of the Austro-Hungarian Empire) to her divorce from the ,writer John Mortimer in 1972. These were years of immense productivity, ranging from being an Agony Aunt to the writing of Pumpkin Eater; the years of bringing up six children in the context of a difficult and absorbing marriage. The conflict between writer, wife and mother is explored with honesty, tempered by irony and humour.

Additional information

GOR003904109
9780297813118
0297813110
About Time Too: 1940-78 by Penelope Mortimer
Used - Very Good
Hardback
Orion Publishing Co
19931014
224
Winner of Whitbread Book Awards: Biography Category 1979
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