Art Sex MusicFaber & Faber, 4. apr. 2017 - 384 síður A SUNDAY TIMES, TELEGRAPH, ROUGH TRADE, PITCHFORK AND UNCUT MUSIC BOOK OF THE YEAR |
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... . Mum 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.
Cosey Fanni Tutti. grandchildren Grandma never had, visiting her in Nuneaton for weeks at a time. My dad seemed resentful of the closeness we shared. He never came with us and kept Grandma at a distance. Pam had arrived first, in 1950 ...
... never been in a house that was so spartan. I knew about being poor and hard-up but this was poverty. It was most definitely not, however, a joyless place. It was warm and welcoming and heaving with children surrounding their mother as ...
Cosey Fanni Tutti. It was a curious sight that I'd never seen before. Their mother carefully removed the rags from each girl's hair and I watched, transfixed, as deliciously shiny long ringlet curls sprang out and tumbled down over their ...
... never seen anything like them before. We were shocked and silenced by what we saw. Why were all these people in their pyjamas? They looked so thin and ill. Piles of dead bodies. An air of sadness enveloped us and a sense that we had ...