Stop the Clocks: Thoughts on What I Leave Behind
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| Rating | : | 4.89 (550 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B01MSJT92O |
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| Number of Pages | : | 481 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-05-16 |
| Language | : | English |
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Though it may look as though she is now part of the establishment - a Dame, President of Birkbeck College, a Member of the House of Lords as Baroness Bakewell of Stockport - she's anything but and remains outspoken and courageous. She talks of the present, of her family, of friends and literature - and talks, too, of what she will leave behind. She has written four radio plays, two novels and an autobiography - The Centre of The Bed. Stop the Clocks is a audiobook of musings, a look back at what she was given by her family in the times in which she grew up - ranging from the minutiae of life such as the knowledge of how to darn and how to make a bed properly with hospital corners to the bigger lessons of politics, of lovers, of betrayal. This is a thoughtful, moving and spirited book as only could be expected from this extraordinary woman.. Now in her 80s, she is still broadcasting. Joan Bakewell has led a varied, sometimes breathle
Stop the clocks Andy Geary Stevens As usual, Joan Bakewell writes in a delightful way and her life history through her own eyes is a pleasure to read. Her views are important and sometimes controversial which makes for interesting reading. Stop the dandelion clocks. This is not a memoir so much as a trip down memorabilia lane (or “reviewing my times” as Bakewell calls it). There’s a lot of stuff about her, erm, stuff - but one discovers little about her life other than how things have changed. Hospit