The stirrings : a memoir in northern time
Taylor, Catherine2023
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Catherine Taylor's account of growing up in northern England in the 1970s and 80s shines a light on the particular history of a time and place - that 'strange country of the North' as George Orwell famously called it. Against this backdrop, and of music, the miners' strike, fears of nuclear war, and economic downturn - all of which become a character of sorts in her writing, Catherine Taylor creates a series of very personal essays on subjects traditionally seen as taboo: parental estrangement, abortion, chronic illness, and how an obsession with the serial killer who stalked Yorkshire throughout her childhood became the inspiration for early feminism - all shot through with poetry, risk-taking and humour.
Main title:
The stirrings : a memoir in northern time / Catherine Taylor.
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Imprint:
London : Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2023.London : Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2023.
Collation:
256 pages ; 23 cm
ISBN:
9781474625302 (hbk)
Dewey class:
942.70857
Language:
English
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BRN:
2809978