Swimming with My Father
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Faber & Faber
Published:17th Feb '05
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Swimming with My Father by Tim Jeal is an exquisite and moving portrait of a deeply eccentric father - this nuanced memoir is by turns lyrical, poignant and gloriously funny.
Swimming with my Father
'Exquisitely written and wonderfully readable - There are tears, laughter and filial tenderness on every page of Tim Jeal's perfect gem of a book.' Val Hennessy, Daily Mail
An exquisite and moving portrait of a deeply eccentric father. Tim Jeal's beautifully nuanced memoir is by turns lyrical, poignant and gloriously funny.
'Jeal's prose is so sprightly, his interweaving of time-schemes so skilful, and his 'ordinary' story so touching that his book feels completely fresh - At its heart is an unusually engrossing account of parental oddity, marital resilience and filial complexity.' Andrew Motion, Guardian
'This is a marvellous book: funny, vivid, immensely touching and beautifully constructed.' John Preston, Evening Standard
'A pleasure to read: unpretentious, moving, full of jokes but also unobtrusively wise.' Anne Chisholm, Sunday Telegraph
"'Quite wonderful. I hope it becomes a classic: it deserves to be.' Melvyn Bragg 'Terribly moving and terribly funny, often at the same time. A hugely enjoyable read.' Lynn Barber; 'A gem - it is not only beautifully written, but also a read-at-one sitting kind of book.' Virginia Ironside"
ISBN: 9780571221011
Dimensions: 197mm x 126mm x 14mm
Weight: 155g
208 pages
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