Pavement for My Pillow by Chris Kitch

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Pavement for My Pillow by Chris Kitch

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Born illegitimate in 1938, Chris Kitch grew up in the slums of Bradford. Rejected from school, dead-end jobs landed her into drink, drugs and prostitution in London. This book tells how she fought back to gain a BA Hons in English literature and a place at Oxford to take her MA.

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Pavement for My Pillow by Chris Kitch

At 49 Chri Kitch started to climb out of her desperate situation; in the past seven years she has graduated with a BA Hons degree in English and women's studies, and has been accepted at Oxford to do a Master's degree. Her story is not self-pitying and it is not full of anger; it is compassionate and intelligent. Chris Kitch has been to hell and back and has emerged able to look at her extraordinary life witg humour and realism.

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ISBN 13 9780752810812
ISBN 10 0752810812
Title Pavement for My Pillow
Author Chris Kitch
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Orion Publishing Co
Year published 1997-11-03
Number of pages 320
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.

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