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Oct 1, 2023 · His latest memoir, Two Sisters, is an unflinching account of hoe addiction can affect families. Speaking to The Big Issue for his Letter to my Younger Self, Morrison reflects on his early love of literature and his decision to write about his family. My main interests when I was 16 were football, poetry and girls.
Philip Blake Morrison FRSL (born 8 October 1950) is an English poet and author who has published in a wide range of fiction and non-fiction genres. His greatest success came with the publication of his memoirs And When Did You Last See Your Father? (1993), which won the J. R. Ackerley Prize for Autobiography.
Jan 26, 2022 · Blake Morrison’s award-winning, bestselling memoir ‘And When Did You Last See Your Father?’ is an honest and intimate portrait of family life, father-son relations, and the impact of bereavement.
Blake Morrison's breathtaking 1993 memoir And When Did You Last See Your Father? kickstarted a boom in confessional autobiographies that dealt with complex emotional issues arising from vexed family bonds.
Jun 7, 2023 · Blake Morrison’s memoir of his sisters, Gill and Josie, is fascinating and sad. What lies at the centre of the book, and of his sisters’ lives, particularly Josie’s, is a damaging secret. Blake’s parents and their friend, Beaty collude not to tell Josie the truth about her parentage.
Blake Morrison’s award-winning, bestselling memoir ‘And When Did You Last See Your Father?’ is an honest and intimate portrait of family life, father-son relations, and the impact of bereavement.
Apr 2, 2023 · Two Sisters. Blake Morrison. The Borough Press, £16.99. Review by Rosemary Goring. Tolstoy’s adage – that while all happy families resemble one another, each unhappy family is unhappy in its...
