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Too Many Mothers: A memoir of an East End childhood
- Author:Taylor, Roberta
- Publisher:Atlantic Books, London, 2005
- ISBN:1843543001
- Catalog ID:1303048
- Book type:Hardback
- Edition text:First edition
- Binding text:Hardback
- Book condition:Fine
- Jacket condition:Very Good
- Our ref:01303048
Atlantic Books, London, 2005. First edition. Book condition: fine with only the merest shekf wear at the head & tail of the spine. Dust jacket condition: very good. Price clipped but otherwise with minimal shelf wear around the edges. In this memoir, Roberta Taylor travels to the emotional heart of her childhood to reveal the lives led by the men and women who influenced her most in er formative years. This is a portrait of an embattled family at war with itself and the outside world. From petty crime to pet monkeys, tender romance to emotional blackmail, illegitimacy, adoption and even murder - a bittersweet and ultimately unforgettable memoir of her early life.