Memoirs Of A Not So Dutiful Daughter
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Memoirs Of A Not So Dutiful Daughter by Jenni Murray
The only child of an electrical engineer and a mother who resented the fact that she'd never been to university, the broadcaster Jenni Murray grew up in a traditional household in the 1950s. But instead of becoming the conventional housewife her mother expected her to be, Jenni opted to forge her own path in both her career and her personal life. The resulting tensions lasted as long as Jenni could remember. How, she often wondered, could two women be so close, so full of love for each other, and at the same time so full of hate that they broke each other's hearts? And so Jenni began her remarkable memoir - and continued to write as her mother lay dying, and Jenni struggled to care for her and her beloved father while herself being treated for breast cancer. Filled with love and laughter, frustration and heartbreak, and with the courage 'to keep on keeping on' even in the darkest days, Jenni Murray's memoir will speak to every mother and daughter, dutiful or not.
She is not just the voice of Radio 4's Woman's Hour..She IS Woman's Hour. -- THE TIMES
An intense story, vividly and sometimes humorously told. -- DAILY MAIL
Intimate, confessional ... as powerfully raw and moving as anything I've ever read. -- THE INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY
It is her fearless examination of her "love-hate" relationship with her mother ... that is most fascinating. -- GUARDIAN
She tells her story with admirable candour -- Jane Shilling * Sunday Times *
An intense story, vividly and sometimes humorously told. -- DAILY MAIL
Intimate, confessional ... as powerfully raw and moving as anything I've ever read. -- THE INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY
It is her fearless examination of her "love-hate" relationship with her mother ... that is most fascinating. -- GUARDIAN
She tells her story with admirable candour -- Jane Shilling * Sunday Times *
Jenni Murray was a journalist and broadcaster who presented BBC Radio 4's Woman's Hour from 1987 to 2020. She was the author of several books and wrote a weekly column in the Daily Mail. She lived in north London and the New Forest. Jenni died in March 2026 aged seventy-five.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781784163785 |
| ISBN 10 | 1784163783 |
| Title | Memoirs Of A Not So Dutiful Daughter |
| Author | Jenni Murray |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Transworld Publishers Ltd |
| Year published | 2018-04-26 |
| Number of pages | 336 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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