The Children of Lovers
eBook - ePub

The Children of Lovers

A memoir of William Golding by his daughter

  1. English
  2. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  3. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

The Children of Lovers

A memoir of William Golding by his daughter

About this book

'The Children of Lovers are Orphans.' Proverb

Bestselling novelist, author of Lord of the Flies, William Golding was a famously acute observer of children. What was it like to be his daughter?

In this frank and engaging family memoir, Judy Golding recalls growing up with a brilliant, loving, sometimes difficult parent. The years of her childhood and adolescence saw her father change from an impecunious schoolteacher to a famous novelist. Once adult, she came to understand some of the internal conflicts which led to his writing.

The Golding family life, both ordinary and extraordinary, always kept its characteristic warmth, humour, complexity, anger and love, danger and insecurity. This is a book about family and parents, about lovers and their children, and about our impact on one another - for good or ill.

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Information

Publisher
Faber & Faber
Year
2011
eBook ISBN
9780571273416
Edition
0

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Dedication
  4. Epigraph
  5. Table of Contents
  6. 1 : The Way We Were
  7. 2 : Two Small Children
  8. 3 : Life in a Fog
  9. 4 : The Old House at Marlborough
  10. 5 : A School for Gentlewomen
  11. 6 : Summer and the Sea
  12. 7 : Distant Rumbles of Fame
  13. 8 : Alec
  14. 9 : The Cold Light of Day
  15. 10 : Goodbye to the Old House
  16. 11 : Greek to Me
  17. 12 : Far, Far Away
  18. 13 : Breaking Down
  19. 14 : Breaking Away
  20. 15 : Grown Up
  21. 16 : Grandchildren
  22. 17 : Yesterday
  23. Acknowledgements
  24. Illustrations
  25. About the Author
  26. Copyright