Memoirs Books
HarperCollins Publishers sofarewellthenthebiographyofpetercook
Book SynopsisThe most intimate portrait of Peter Cook to date, Cook's first wife writes of her life with Britain's most ingenious and innovative comedian, and offering a side of him few have ever seen.Trade Review'An evocative and moving account of Cook's beginnings'Daily Express 'Her candid disclosures reveal a side of the man the fans never saw.'Sunday Express 'Peter was a wit, it goes without saying, but he was funny in an almost supernatural way that has never been matched by anyone I've met or even heard about.'Stephen Fry 'If there is a heaven he will be the funniest man there.' Clive Anderson 'Possibly the funniest man in the Western world. From his early 20s, nobody could hold a candle to him.'Daily Mail
£11.39
HarperCollins Publishers Please Daddy No A Boy Betrayed
Book SynopsisStuart just wanted his father to love him, but he was made to believe he was too naughty to be loved. Finally David Howarth was sent to prison for abusing Stuart's young sisters. Nobody knew the truth about Stuart's abuse until one fateful day when his father tried it again and Stuart fought back in the only way he knew how.Trade Review‘Truly moving.’ Fern Britten, This Morning
£9.99
HarperCollins Publishers Memories Dreams and Reflections
Book SynopsisThis book is a more personal history than has ever before been written by or about Marianne Faithfull. Anecdotal, conversational, intimate and revealing, this is her no-holds-barred account of her life, her friends, her triumphs and mistakes.A decade after the publication of Faithfull', one of the most acclaimed rock autobiographies of all time, Marianne Faithfull is back, vowing periodically leave her wicked ways behind and grow up, but finding that somehow strange things keep happening.A wry observer of her slightly off-kilter world, Marianne muses nostalgically about afternoons languishing on Moroccan cushions at George and Pattie''s, getting high and listening to new songs. She fondly recalls the outlandish antics of her Beat friends Allen Ginsberg and William Burroughs; is frequently baffled at her image in the press (opening the paper to read of her own demise: ''Sixties Star in Death Plunge''); terrified by the curse sent by Kenneth Anger; mortified by her history of reckless beTrade Review‘A rare talent for lyrical, inventive prose gives her anecdotes wings….a powerful, radical and quite beautiful work of biographical art.’ Sunday Telegraph ‘She opens up a box of mini-memoirs about the characters she has met. Instantly engaging. Faithfull is able to produce something of grit and newsworthiness.’ Observer
£999.99
HarperCollins Publishers Seeing Red
a huge range and FREE tracked UK delivery on ALL orders.
£999.99
HarperCollins Publishers Escaping Daddy A Heartbreaking True Story of a Brave Little Girl
Book SynopsisThe sequel to Daddy’s Little Earner tells Maria’s story as she tries to rebuild her life.Trade ReviewPraise for Daddy’s Little Earner: ‘A heartbreaking true story’ South Wales Argus
£10.44
HarperCollins Publishers I Just Wanted to be Loved A Boy Eager to Please The Man Who Destroyed His Childhood The Love That Overcame it
Book SynopsisThe author of the bestselling Please Daddy No reveals more harrowing experiences of his neglected childhood.Trade ReviewPraise for ‘Please, Daddy, No’: ‘Truly moving.’ Fern Britten, This Morning
£9.99
HarperCollins Publishers Endal How One Extraordinary Dog Brought a Family Back From the Brink
Book SynopsisThe remarkable story of Endal, voted ‘Dog of the Millennium’, and how, through his remarkable skills, companionship and unstinting devotion, he gave Allen Parton a reason to live again.Trade Review‘Endal is a true dog hero: kind, intelligent, incredibly resourceful, very funny and utterly devoted to his master Allen Parton […] this is one of the great uplifting dog stories.’Jilly Cooper 'Heartbreaking'Daily Mail 'The pointy heads at the Admirality should read this, hang their heads in shame - then get a dog.'Daily Mail
£10.44
HarperCollins Publishers MY BONNIE How dementia stole the love of my life
Book SynopsisAfter a whirlwind romance and a marriage that spanned decades, former face of ITV news, John Suchet, revealed on breakfast television that his beloved wife Bonnie was suffering with dementia, eliciting a huge response. Never had anyone spoken so movingly about dementia, the thief that stole his still youthful wife on the eve of their retirement.Trade Review"He has written a courageous and valuable book – one that both throws light into some hitherto curtained corners and honours the life they had together." John Preston, Daily Mail "The story of a blissful marriage, cross-cut with a raw commentary on the progress of his wife's disease… It's the exhausted voice of carers everywhere – exasperation, loss, fear, frustrated love." Elizabeth Grice, Daily Telegraph "What is likeable about the memoir is Suchet's lack of a stiff upper lip. He writes about love in the tone of a schoolboy, trying to make sense of an overwhelming crush…the memoir is an act of loving resistance." Kate Kellaway, The Observer "Heartfelt, vivid and true" Sunday Times Culture “The writing is honest and the emotions he has been put through over the last four or five years are ones which many carers will recognise in themselves. However, it is not all gloom, and he intersperses his account with the story of how he fell in love with his wife…if you were to look at the photographs in the book, you might think his life with Bonnie has been one long party.” The Spectator
£10.44
HarperCollins Publishers MR NASTASE PB
Book SynopsisThe amazing life story of the enfant terrible of tennis in the 1970s and 80s – winner of two Grand Slam titles, three Grand Slam doubles titles and twice a Wimbledon finalist.Trade Review'Full of rollicking anecdotes…a splendid book’ Mail on Sunday
£12.34
HarperCollins Publishers Curfewed Night A Frontline Memoir of Life Love and War in Kashmir
Book SynopsisLonglisted for the Guardian First Book Award and Winner of the Crossword Prize for Non-fictionCurfewed Night is a passionate and important book a brave and brilliant report from a conflict the world has chosen to ignore.'' Salman RushdieBasharat Peer was a teenager when the separatist movement exploded in Kashmir in 1989. Over the following years countless young men, fuelled by feelings of injustice, crossed over the Line of Control' to train in Pakistani army camps. Peer was sent off to boarding school in Aligarh to keep out of trouble. He finished college and became a journalist in Delhi. But Kashmir angrier, more violent, more hopeless was never far away.In 2003 Peer, now a young journalist, left his job and returned to his homeland. Drawing a harrowing portrait of Kashmir and her people a mother forced to watch her son hold an exploding bomb, politicians living in refurbished torture chambers, picturesque villages riddled with landmines this is above all, a story of what it reTrade Review'A passionate and important book – a brave and brilliant report from a conflict the world has chosen to ignore.' Salman Rushdie ‘One of the finest books I’ve read this year…Basharat Peer’s memoir reminds us why peace in Kashmir is important, not just to India and Pakistan, but to the world.’ Hari Kunzru, Guardian '’”Curfewed Night” is the finest book I have read on the contemporary Kashmir conflict – literary, humane, clear-eyed and reliable. Basharat Peer has given voice, unforgettably, to a generation of Kashmiris who have never been heard, but who should be.' Steve Coll ‘An extraordinary memoir that does a great deal to bring the Kashmir conflict out of the realm of political rhetoric between India and Pakistan…one of the great achievements of “Curfewed Night” is its seamless mingling of memoir and reportage…It is a formidable challenge to tell the stories of Kashmir's suffering without numbing the readers' senses, and that Peer is able to do so is testament to his gifts and and sensitivity as a writer’ Guardian ‘Fresh and poignant…Peer's tone is non–judgmental…”Curfewed Night” has made his own valuable contribution to Orwell's mission making the political writing an art’ The Economist
£9.99
HarperCollins Publishers MAKING THE CAT LAUGH
Book SynopsisOne woman''s journal of single life on the margins.A brilliant collection of Lynne Truss' journalism recording the life of a metropolitan refugee from coupledom. The alternative Bridget Jones'.For seven long years, starting in The Listener' in 1988 and continuing in The Times' and Woman''s Journal', Lynne Truss has been trying to make her cat laugh. It has been an uphill task, which is why she deserves this book, a recognition of outstanding courage in the face of futility. Along the way, ''Margins'', ''Single of Life'' and ''One Woman''s Journal'' have collected a band of devoted fans, yet still the cat remains unimpressed.Never have so many jokes about Kitbits been found in such concentration as in Making the Cat Laugh'. But under the headings such as ''The Single Woman Considers Going Out but Doesn''t Fancy the Hassle'' and ''The Single Woman Stays at Home and Goes Quietly Mad'', we discover a writer not only obsessed with cats, but prone to over-reacting generally - to news storieTrade Review'A small masterpiece of comedy… with abundant close observation, the familiar is made fresh… A continual hoot.' The Times 'Trenchant writing, invigorating valour, and a shrewdly observant wit.' Scotland on Sunday ‘A truly inventive comic writer … You should not attempt to read Making the Cat Laugh while travelling on public transport’ Irish Times
£999.99
HarperCollins Publishers Sex Bowls Rock and Roll
a huge range and FREE tracked UK delivery on ALL orders.
£999.99
HarperCollins Publishers Wheres Your Caravan My Life On Footballs BRoads
a huge range and FREE tracked UK delivery on ALL orders.
£999.99
HarperCollins Publishers The Third Man Life at the Heart of New Labour
a huge range and FREE tracked UK delivery on ALL orders.
£999.99
HarperCollins Publishers Call Me Evil Let Me Go
a huge range and FREE tracked UK delivery on ALL orders.
£999.99
HarperCollins Publishers The Midwifes Here
Book SynopsisThe Sunday Times bestseller ‘Delivering my first baby is a memory that will stay with me forever. Just feeling the warmth of a newborn head in your hands, that new life, there’s honestly nothing like it… I’ve since brought more than 2,200 babies into the world, and I still tingle with excitement every time.’
£10.44
HarperCollins Publishers Tales of the Gypsy Dressmaker
Book SynopsisTales of the Gypsy Dressmaker is the much-anticipated memoir from Thelma Madine, the dressmaker and breakaway star from Big Fat Gypsy Weddings, the hottest show on TV right now.
£9.99
HarperCollins Publishers Bundles of Joy Two Thousand Miracles One Unstoppable Manchester Midwife
Book SynopsisThe second book from Sunday Times bestselling author Linda Fairley. ‘No matter how many babies I deliver, each and every one is a miracle, connecting me to the world like nothing else, reminding me that we are all equal in the beginning, and in the end. It’s a great leveller, childbirth.’
£10.44
HarperCollins Publishers Confessions of a Male Nurse Confessions Series The Confessions Series
a huge range and FREE tracked UK delivery on ALL orders.
£999.99
HarperCollins Publishers Drink The Deadly Relationship Between Women and Alcohol
Book SynopsisThe new face of risky drinking is female. The problem: a global epidemic of bingeing. The solution: a brave new approach to female recovery.This is my story, and it''s particular. But I am not alone. Drinking problems challenge a growing number of women.The new reality: binge drinking is increasing among young adults and women are largely responsible for this trend. Women's buying power has been growing for decades, and their decision-making authority has grown as well. The alcohol industry, well aware of this reality, is now battling for women's downtime and their brand loyalty.Our relationship with alcohol is complex, and growing more so. This book will be essential reading for a huge number of women, a book that''s breaks a major taboo. This will be a book for best friends to give one another, mothers to give daughters, sisters to give to each other a book to read in hiding, when you know you''re in trouble. This book will offer companionship for women of every age. It will answeTrade ReviewAnn Dowsett Johnston has won 5 Canadian National Magazine Awards. Her research for ‘The Drinking Diaries’ took her across the UK, Canada and the USA and she has written on women and alcohol extensively, particularly for the Toronto Star ‘A wallop of a book … full of riveting candour … Johnston brings the weight of her journalism and academic experience to build a convincing case that women are increasingly succumbing to the dark side of alcohol’ Washington Post ‘In this comprehensively researched and insightful book, Ann Dowsett Johnston chronicles her own destructive dance with alcohol, her recovery and explores disturbing trends in contemporary women’s relationship to alcohol. A crucially important book for anyone interested in women’s health and addiction issues.’ Susan Juby, author of ‘Nice Recovery’ ‘“Drink” is a gift to women, to parents, and to all who want to understand the experience of alcoholism. The writing is gripping and vivid, the voice personal, the research exacting, the stories revealing if sometimes heartbreaking, the conclusions essential. A triumphant life, a triumphant book.” Gabor Maté M.D., author of “In The Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters With Addiction” ‘A game-changing look at one of our culture’s hidden problems … honest, brave and inspirational.’ Margaret Trudeau, author of “Changing My Mind”
£10.44
HarperCollins Publishers A Last Kiss for Mummy A teenage mum a tiny infant a desperate decision
Book SynopsisBestselling author and foster carer Casey Watson tells the heartbreaking true story of a teenage mother and baby in need of a safe and loving home.
£10.44
HarperCollins Publishers Confessions of an Undercover Cop The Confessions Series
a huge range and FREE tracked UK delivery on ALL orders.
£999.99
HarperCollins Publishers Further Confessions of a GP The Confessions Series
a huge range and FREE tracked UK delivery on ALL orders.
£999.99
HarperCollins Publishers SOUR MY STORY My Story A troubled girl from a broken home. The Brixton gang she nearly died for. The baby she fought to live for.
Book SynopsisThey call me Sour. The opposite of sweet. Shanking, stabbing, steaming, robbing, I did it all, rolling with the Man Dem. I did it because I was bad. I did it because I had heart. And the reason I reckon I got away with it for so long? Because I was a girl.
£8.99
HarperCollins Publishers The Forgotten Soldier He wasnt a soldier he was just a boy
Book SynopsisBestselling author Charlie Connelly returns with a First World War memoir of his great uncle, Edward Connelly, who was an ordinary boy sent to fight in a war the likes of which the world had never seen. But this is not just his story; it is the story of all the young forgotten soldiers who fought and bravely died for their country
£10.44
HarperCollins Publishers Confessions of a School Nurse The Confessions Series
Book SynopsisFrom the people who brought you the bestselling Confessions of a GP.Trade ReviewPraise for Confessions of a Male Nurse ‘A fantastic read. Everything I had always suspected about nurses and so much more!’ - Dr Benjamin Daniels, author of bestselling ‘Confessions of a GP’ ‘An incredibly emotional journey’ - Star Magazine
£10.44
HarperCollins Publishers Bought and Sold A 14YearOld British Girl Trafficked for Sex by the Man She Loved
Book SynopsisA heart-stopping story of lies, brutality and fear. British girl Megan Stephens tells the true story of how an idyllic Mediterranean holiday turned into an unimaginable nightmare when she was tricked into becoming a victim of human trafficking and held captive for six years by deception, threats and violence.
£10.44
HarperCollins Publishers At the Coalface Heartwarming true story of a Yorkshire pit nurse The memoir of a pit nurse
Book SynopsisA heart-warming story of a woman who devoted her life to helping others. This is the memoir of Joan, who started nursing in the 1940s and whose experiences took her into the Yorkshire mining pits and through the tumult of the 1984-85 miners’ strike.
£10.44
HarperCollins Publishers LEARNING TO LOVE AMY The foster carer who saved a mother and a daughter HarperTrue Life A Short Read
Book SynopsisThe second in a series of true short stories from foster carer Mia Marconi.
£8.67
HarperCollins Publishers The 13th Gift HarperTrue Life A Short Read
Book SynopsisA true Christmas story of a family suffering their darkest moments finding strength and love from a surprise Christmas miracle.Trade Review‘The 13th Gift is the kind of Christmas book whose message is much bigger than the holiday. This memoir is written from the heart and for the heart.’ Jason Wright, New York Times-bestselling author of CHRISTMAS JARS
£8.99
HarperCollins Publishers In the Darkroom
a huge range and FREE tracked UK delivery on ALL orders.
£999.99
HarperCollins Publishers This Fight is Our Fight
a huge range and FREE tracked UK delivery on ALL orders.
£999.99
HarperCollins Publishers Member of the Family Manson Murder and Me
Book SynopsisFollowing the recent death of Charles Manson – the leader of the sinister 60s cult – Dianne Lake reveals the true story of life with Manson and his ‘family’, who became notorious for a series of shocking murders during the summer of 1969.
£12.34
HarperCollins Publishers My Midsummer Morning Rediscovering a Life of Adventure
a huge range and FREE tracked UK delivery on ALL orders.
£999.99
HarperCollins Publishers The Ghost Lake
Book Synopsis''Remarkable'' OBSERVERAstounding' ADAM FARRER''Brave and luminous'' SARAH LANGFORDThe Ghost Lake is a deeply personal, lyrical and stirring meditation on local history and changing landscapes that intertwines nature writing with an exploration of grief, belonging and the lives and legacies of rural working-class people.I am setting out on a pilgrimage through an ancient landscape.I will begin at my daughter's grave. Paleolake Flixton is an extinct lake in North Yorkshire. Human occupation of the site dates back thousands of years to prehistoric times. Over the millennia, the vast lake disappeared, turning to wetland and peaty fields. Today all that is left of it is a watermark.Wendy Pratt brings the reader on a pilgrimage around the ghost lake, to locations that have acted as journey markers in her own life. While traversing forests and fenland, she reflects on the process of finding belonging in nature as a woman who exists in a series of liminal spaces as a working-class writer, an
£16.14
HarperCollins Publishers The Stars Will Still Be There
Book SynopsisThe inspiring, life-affirming memoir from Nicola Nuttall about her incredible daughter Laura When Nicola Nuttall was told that her 18-year-old daughter Laura had only 12 months to live, following a diagnosis of the most aggressive form of brain cancer, glioblastoma multiforme, she couldn't begin to process her emotions. It was her greatest fear come true.But while her mother struggled to adjust and searched for new treatments, Laura made a decision: she would live her life to the full and embark on an extraordinary bucket list.Meeting Michelle Obama, piloting a Royal Navy ship, sky diving, going on safari in South Africa, driving monster trucks, taking tea at the Ritz, dancing on stage in front of thousands and graduating from university were just some of the many adventures Laura undertook.The Stars Will Still Be There is Nicola's raw but beautifully written account of helping her daughter make the most of her remaining time, while dealing with her own pain along with that of her youn
£18.00
HarperCollins The Shaolin Way
£13.60
HarperCollins Publishers Inc Lit A Memoir PS
Book Synopsis
£15.90
HarperCollins Dijiste Que Me Querías
a huge range and FREE tracked UK delivery on ALL orders.
£12.76
HarperCollins The Binding Chair Or A Visit from the Foot Emancipation Society
Book SynopsisThe author of The Kiss tells the story of two women - a Chinese girl named May and her Western niece, Alice - whose lives intersect in turn-of-the-century Shanghai.
£12.34
£13.29
HarperCollins Honor Few Fear None The Life and Times of a Mongol
£14.24
£13.99
HarperCollins The Journal of Joyce Carol Oates
Book SynopsisWhen her journals began, 34-year-old Oates was already a recipient of the National Book Award (1969), with many O Henry awards, and others, under her literary belt. This volume focuses on excerpts from that first decade, 1973-1983, one of the productive of Oates' long career.Trade Review"Fascinating." -- Library Journal
£15.29
HarperCollins Rat Bastards The South Boston Irish Mobster Who Took the Rap When Everyone Else Ran
Book SynopsisJohn "Red" Shea was a top lieutenant to South Boston's top Irish mobster, Whitey Bulger, and was the only guy to walk the walk and take the rap when the mob boss and his fellow rats turned and ran. Shea did 12 years of hard time to maintain his personal dignity and sense of integrity. This book provides an account of mob life and Red Shea.Trade Review"...a slick read dripping with the underworld holy trinity of sex, drugs, and violence...a bawdy page-turner." -- Publishers Weekly "...the hottest Irish-American mob story of all time." -- Liz Smith, New York Post "...dish-a-thon on Whitey Bulger." -- Boston Herald "...the only memoir told from the perspective of a mobster who refused to betray the code of silence." -- The Improper Bostonian
£14.30
HarperCollins Publishers Inc The Reagan Diaries
Book Synopsis
£999.99
HarperCollins Publishers Inc Girls Like Us
Book SynopsisAt thirteen, Rachel Lloyd found herself caught up in a world of pain and abuse, struggling to survive as a child with no responsible adults to support her. Vulnerable yet tough, she eventually ended up a victim of commercial sexual exploitation. This title presents her portrait.Trade Review"Riveting... [Lloyd's] passionate, persuasive arguments for recognition and protection give a voice to the thousands of girls all around us who work and suffer in near invisibility." -- Corrie Pikul, Elle "Fascinating and moving." -- Marie Claire "Heartbreaking... But the book is also at times funny, bawdy, and optimistic, as is Lloyd herself." -- Jennie Yabroff, Daily Beast "Rachel Lloyd's astonishing stories of life on the street have an accumulative power that left me reeling. What makes Girls Like Us such an extraordinary achievement is that her storytelling is unflinchingly honest, and yet filled with a sense of promise, filled with a profound sense of hope." -- Alex Kotlowitz, author of There Are No Children Here and The Other Side of the River "This book will burn a hole in your heart. The beauty of Rachel Lloyd's searing memoir is how she exorcises the pain of her own troubled girlhood by connecting with hundreds of young women on a brutal path." -- Mira Nair, director of Salaam Bombay!, Mississippi Masala, and The Namesake "With empathy and intellect, Rachel Lloyd brings to light the heart-breaking stories of these lost, forgotten, and abused girls. Her own life story is a source of inspiration and hope. She is an important new voice of conscience to which America needs to pay attention." -- Geoffrey Canada, president and CEO, Harlem Children's Zone "Rachel Lloyd's memoir should be mandatory reading for every cop, prosecutor, judge, and 'john', but also every mainstream American who thinks racism, classism, and misogyny don't exist." -- Sarah Jones, Tony Award-winning playwright/performer and UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Sarah Jones, Tony Award-winning playwright/performer and UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Sarah Jones, Tony Award-winning playwright/performer and UNICEF Goodwill Ambassado "Girls Like Us is a life-changing book, in every sense of the word. Rachel Lloyd changed her life in order to help change the lives of thousands of others-read her incredibly powerful story, and your life will be changed too." -- Janice Erlbaum, author of Girlbomb: A Halfway Homeless Memoir and Have You Found Her: A Memoir "Girls Like Us is a powerful and eloquent recounting of the lives of children and young women caught up in the ravages of sexual exploitation...[It] offers valuable insights into understanding the complex emotional and economic factors that contribute to the exploitation of children and youth." -- Richard J. Estes, Professor of Social Work, University of Pennsylvania
£999.99
HarperCollins Tales of Wonder LP
£18.99
