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The acclaimed title piece from his bestselling collection "Untold Stories". This is a poignant family memoir of his parents' marriage, his childhood, family members, his mother's depression and her final descent into dementia. 'Bennett's writing about his family is utterly absorbing; entirely charitable, but in no way sentimental... This is art of no mean order, though subtly concealed' Jane Stevenson, "Observer"
Synopsis
A memoir that offers a portrait of the author's parents' marriage and recalling his Leeds childhood, Christmases with Grandma Peel, and the lives, loves and deaths of his unforgettable aunties Kathleen and Myra.
