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In the Blood
- Author
- Andrew Motion
- Narrator
- Andrew Motion
- Publisher
- W. F. Howes Ltd
- Publish Date
- 14 September 2023
- Run Time
- 12 hours 8 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
- Genre
- Biography: writers
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What to expect
The tragedy shadows the book, feeding its mood of elegy as well as its celebratory vigilance. Written from a teenage child's point of view, without the benefit of adult hindsight, Motion captures the pathos and puzzlement of childhood with great clarity of expression and freshness of memory. We encounter a strange but beguiling extended family, a profound love of the natural world, a troubled schooling, and a growing passion for books and writing.
By turns funny and elegiac, In the Blood is a wonderful picture of a vanishing England, a remarkable insight into a poet's mind, and a deeply moving portrait of the bond between a mother and her son.
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- Author
- Andrew Motion
- Narrator
- Andrew Motion
- Duration
- 12 hours 8 minutes
- Release Date
- 14 September 2023
- ISBN
- 9781004075898
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- W. F. Howes Ltd
- Genre
- Biography: writers
Synopsis
In the Blood is Andrew Motion's beautifully written memoir of growing up in post-war England - an unforgettable evocation of family life, school life and country life. It also tells the story of how these worlds are shattered, when his mother suffers a terrible riding accident.The tragedy shadows the book, feeding its mood of elegy as well as its celebratory vigilance. Written from a teenage child's point of view, without the benefit of adult hindsight, Motion captures the pathos and puzzlement of childhood with great clarity of expression and freshness of memory. We encounter a strange but beguiling extended family, a profound love of the natural world, a troubled schooling, and a growing passion for books and writing.By turns funny and elegiac, In the Blood is a wonderful picture of a vanishing England, a remarkable insight into a poet's mind, and a deeply moving portrait of the bond between a mother and her son.
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