'The Children of Lovers are Orphans'. Proverb. Bestselling novelist, author of "Lord of the Flies", William Golding was a famously acute observer of children. What was it like to be his daughter? In this frank and engaging family memoir, Judy Golding recalls growing up with a brilliant, loving, sometimes difficult parent. The years of her childhood and adolescence saw her father change from an impecunious schoolteacher to a famous novelist. Once adult, she came to understand some of the internal conflicts which led to his writing. The Golding family life, both ordinary and extraordinary, always kept its characteristic warmth, humour, complexity, anger and love, danger and insecurity. This is a book about family and parents, about lovers and their children, and about our impact on one another - for good or ill.
Title: The children of lovers
Subtitle: a memoir of William Golding by his daughter
Contributors:
By (author)
Judy Golding
ISBN 13: 9780571273423
ISBN 10: 0571273424
Publisher: Faber and Faber
Imprint: Faber and Faber
Publication Date: 1/05/2012
Place of Publication:
London,
United Kingdom
Edition:
BIC Subjects:
Biography & autobiography: literary
NBS Classification: Biography: Literary
Dewey Classification:
823.914
(DC23)
Format: Paperback
Pages: 272
Height: 198mm
Width: 126mm
Thickness: 17mm
Weight: 223g