When I Grow Up: A memoir
Publishing Details
When I Grow Up: A memoir
By (Author) Bernice Rubens
Little, Brown Book Group
Abacus
7th December 2006
United Kingdom
Classifications
General
Non Fiction
Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers
Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000
823.914
Physical Properties
256
Width 126mm, Height 198mm, Spine 15mm
293g
Description
* A moving, funny memoir by a great writer - from her wartime childhood to her stints as a teacher, lady's maid, actress and writer...
In a rare foray outside that natural home, Booker Prize-winner Bernice Rubens penned these memoirs 'while I still have a memory'. Poignantly, the highly-acclaimed author, literary bon-vivante and celebrated film-maker died shortly after completing them. She wasn't quite expecting that but nor, as she reveals in these pages, did she expect to become a writer. It wasn't the sort of thing that happened to girls born in Glossop Terrace in Splott, the 'unmentionable and indisputable armpit of Cardiff'. Bernice Rubens died in the autumn of 2004.Reviews
'Rubens was valiant, fierce and humorous ... an engaging self- portrait, her memoir is a small triumph' SUNDAY TELEGRAPH 'Reading Bernice Rubens is like playing grandmother's footsteps. You just wish that she hadn't already touched the finishing line' OBSERVER 'Friends and admirers of her work can hear her voice again: sad, funny, indiscreet' DAILY MAIL
Author Bio
Bernice Rubens was born in Wales. Her novels include the Booker-Prize winning THE ELECTED MEMBER and A FIVE YEAR SENTENCE, which was shortlisted for the same award.
