Swimming with My Father

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In an exquisite and moving account, Tim Jeal explores the life of his eccentric father. Swimming with My Father is a tender portrait of childhood, of growing up, and of a father who was a uniquely English eccentric. From his own embarrassing schoolboy meeting with the elderly T. S. Eliot to his father's strange religious beliefs, and from his father's childlike wonder at the beauties of the natural world to his later struggle with Parkinson's, it is a lovingly composed and wholly honest exploration of the past.

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"'Quite wonderful. I hope it becomes a classic: it deserves to be.' Melvyn Bragg 'Terribly moving and terribly funny, often at the same time. A hugely enjoyable read.' Lynn Barber; 'A gem - it is not only beautifully written, but also a read-at-one sitting kind of book.' Virginia Ironside"

Author Bio

Tim Jeal, an acclaimed novelist and biographer, is the author of Livingstone, which was a New York Times Book Review Notable Book of the Year, and Baden Powell, described in the Literary Review as 'one of the most important biographies of recent years'. A former winner of the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize, he is currently writing a life of Henry Morton Stanley.