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Andrea Ashworth recounts her life as a young woman of mixed Maltese and English heritage, growing up in Manchester under the terror of successive abusive stepfathers. Throughout her childhood she remembers her father's death at age five and the continual struggle to find stability. Despite the violence and despair surrounding her, Ashworth turns to the works of Joyce, Eliot, D.H. Lawrence, and others for solace. Her literary immersion opens a path to intellectual and artistic awakening, culminating in a distinguished career at Oxford University. In this memoir she shares her story with honesty and sensitivity, offering a powerful narrative about surviving dysfunction and finding hope in books.
First publish date: 1998
Genre: Biography & Autobiography/Autobiography
Authors: Andrea Ashworth
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