Bad Blood (P.S.) - Softcover

Sage, Professor Of English Literature Lorna

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0062080245 ISBN 13: 9780062080240

Publisher: Harper Perennial, 2011

Synopsis

Bestselling author Lorna Sage delivers the tragicomic memoirof her escape from a claustrophobic childhood in post-WWII Britain--and thestory of the weddings and relationships that defined three generations of herfamily--in Bad Blood, an internationalbestseller and the winner of the coveted Whitbread Biography Award. Readers ofbooks like Angela's Ashes and The Liar's Club as well as fans ofSage's own lucid and penetrating writing will be captivated by the book thatthe New York Times Book Review said"fills us with wonder and gratitude. . . . Few literary critics have everwritten anything so memorable."

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Review:

"Deserves to become a classic."--The Independent (London)

"Deserves special notice... The intensely personal story will resonate with more than just Anglophiles."--Booklist

"An award-winning memoir of courageous escape."--Harper's Bazaar

"Deeply affecting and beautifully written."--People

"Magnificent. . . . A superb memoir of a daughter of the 1950s who got knocked up, but not knocked down."--Maureen Corrigan, National Public Radio's Fresh Air

"Shockingly frank, but also witty, passionate, and utterly lacking self-pity -- and surprisingly uplifting."--Kirkus Reviews

"In Bad Blood, [Sage] has written a classic."--New York Review of Books

"Extraordinary... Should stand out for its combination of powerful writing, wicked black humor and social history."--Publishers Weekly Daily

From the Back Cover:

"The bad blood had missed a generation. You're just like your grandfather, my mother said."

Blood trickles down through every generation, seeps into every marriage. An international bestseller and winner of the Whitbread Biography Award, Bad Blood is a tragicomic memoir of one woman's escape from a claustrophobic childhood in post-World War II Britain and the story of three generations of a family--its triumphs and its darkest secrets.

With wit and a dose of self-deprecating humor, Sage's prose brings to life in vivid detail a period--the 1940s and 1950s--that continues to influence and shape society in the twenty-first century. As a portrait of a family and a young girl's place in it, Bad Blood is unsurpassed.

About this edition

• Publisher: Harper Perennial
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0062080245
• ISBN 13: 9780062080240
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 320