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What the grown-ups were doing: an odyssey through 1950s suburbia
by Hanson, Michele.
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BookPublisher: Simon & Schuster 2012ISBN: 9780857204882; 9780857204905; 0857204882; 0857204904.Classification number: 941.0855 HANSubject(s): Hanson -- Childhood and youth | Nineteen fifties | Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 1945- | Great Britain -- Social conditions -- 1945-Subject: Michele Hanson grew up an 'oddball tomboy disappointment' in a Jewish family in Ruislip in the 1950s - a suburban, Metroland idyll of neat lawns, bridge parties and Martini socials. This hilarious and wonderfully evocative memoir charts Michele's childhood and coming of age in a Britain that was emerging from post-war austerity.
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| Book - Adult Hardback | Crosby Library | Adult Non-Fiction | 941.0855 HAN (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 002778934X | |||
| Book - Adult Hardback | Southport Library | Adult Non-Fiction | 941.0855 HAN (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 002778935X |
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Michele Hanson grew up an 'oddball tomboy disappointment' in a Jewish family in Ruislip in the 1950s - a suburban, Metroland idyll of neat lawns, bridge parties and Martini socials. This hilarious and wonderfully evocative memoir charts Michele's childhood and coming of age in a Britain that was emerging from post-war austerity.
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