Without warning & only sometimes : scenes from an unpredictable childhood /
by De Waal, Kit.
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BookPublisher: London : Tinder Press, 2022Description: 289 pages : illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 23 cm.ISBN: 9781472284839 (hbk.) :; 1472284836 (hbk.) :.Classification number: 823.92 WAASubject(s): De Waal, Kit -- Childhood and youth | Women authors, Irish | Women authors, English | Literature | Literature | Midlands | Memoirs | Literature: history & criticism | Birmingham (England) -- Social life and customs -- 20th centurySummary: Kit de Waal grew up in a household of opposites and extremes. Her haphazard mother rarely cooked, forbade Christmas and birthdays, worked as a cleaner, nurse and childminder sometimes all at once and believed the world would end in 1975. Meanwhile, her father stuffed barrels full of goodies for his relatives in the Caribbean, cooked elaborate meals on a whim and splurged money they didn't have on cars, suits and shoes fit for a prince. Both of her parents were waiting for paradise. It never came. Caught between three worlds, Irish, Caribbean and British in 1960s Birmingham, Kit and her brothers and sisters knew all the words to the best songs, caught sticklebacks in jam jars and braved hunger and hellfire until they could all escape.
| Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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| Book - Adult Hardback | Crosby Library | Adult Non-Fiction | 823.92 WAA (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 003108679X | |||
| Book - Adult Hardback | Formby Library | Adult Non-Fiction | 823.92 WAA (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 003108269X |
Illustrations on lining papers.
Radio tie-in.
Kit de Waal grew up in a household of opposites and extremes. Her haphazard mother rarely cooked, forbade Christmas and birthdays, worked as a cleaner, nurse and childminder sometimes all at once and believed the world would end in 1975. Meanwhile, her father stuffed barrels full of goodies for his relatives in the Caribbean, cooked elaborate meals on a whim and splurged money they didn't have on cars, suits and shoes fit for a prince. Both of her parents were waiting for paradise. It never came. Caught between three worlds, Irish, Caribbean and British in 1960s Birmingham, Kit and her brothers and sisters knew all the words to the best songs, caught sticklebacks in jam jars and braved hunger and hellfire until they could all escape.
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