Art Sex MusicFaber & Faber, 4. apr. 2017 - 384 síður A SUNDAY TIMES, TELEGRAPH, ROUGH TRADE, PITCHFORK AND UNCUT MUSIC BOOK OF THE YEAR |
From inside the book
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... became my given name ... alongside nicknames Tuppence, Sputnik, Caz, and later names of Cosmosis, Scarlet and Cosey. So many names – but only one 'me'. Just before the stroke of midnight on 4 November 1951, Hedon Road Maternity Hospital ...
... was like a daughter to her, and Grandma like a surrogate mother to Mum (who had lost her own mother in 1939). Me and my sister became the much-loved grandchildren Grandma never had, visiting her in Nuneaton for weeks.
... became one of my best friends. We slept in adjacent bedrooms and would knock on the wall to signal to each other to lean out and talk through our open windows, exchanging comics swung across on lengths of string or wool. The Bilton ...
... became friends with a group of girls who lived nearby. A strange situation emerged. They invited me to go with them to see an old man they visited regularly. I felt like I was viewing from the outside as I stood back and watched their ...
... became my dad's surrogate son, and Peter's grandmother my dad's surrogate mother. Why he created a second family baffles me. It must have made Mum feel sad and inadequate. His detachment from me and Pam was enough to provoke us both ...