{"product_id":"a-funny-thing-happened-on-the-way-9781474618656","title":"A Funny Thing Happened On The Way","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe superb classic memoir from a dazzlingly eccentric and endlessly fascinating author and feminist icon - a woman very much ahead of her time - including her time spent on the glorious island of Skiathos\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''A happy, hilarious book'' \u003ci\u003eDaily Express\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNancy Spain was one of the most celebrated - and notorious - writers and broadcasters of the 50s and 60s. Witty, controversial and brilliant, she lived openly as a lesbian (sharing a household with her two lovers and their various children) and was frequently litigated against for her newspaper columns - Evelyn Waugh successfully sued her for libel... twice.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNancy Spain had a deep love of the Mediterranean. So it was no surprise when, in the 1960s, she decided to build a place of her own on the Greek island of Skiathos. With an impractical nature surpassed only by her passion for the project, and despite many obstacles, she gloriously succeeded. This classic memoir is infused with all Spain''s chaotic bril\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFull of fun, and that zest of intelligence that never left her after she had become famous and a \"name\" ... Sharing her own feelings of happiness was Nancy's art and privilege, a rare one in this day and place * SUNDAY TIMES *\u003cbr\u003eIt is a happy, hilarious book ... N Spain, as she liked to call herself, loved to make people laugh, very often at herself * DAILY EXPRESS *\u003cbr\u003eRumbustiously she rattles from childhood memories to TV gossip, anecdote, wisecrack, name-dropping and travelogue ... a high-spirited projection of the admired and lamented image * DAILY TELEGRAPH *\u003cbr\u003eNancy's great qualities were her zest for life and her warm, North-country heart * TATLER *\u003cbr\u003eHave you ever read a book with this for a side-heading to a chapter: \"put that angel down, you don't know where she's been\"? No? Well, start right now * ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS *\u003cbr\u003eA gay, generous autobiography-cum-travel book which the author finished only a few hours before her tragic last flight * SUNDAY EXPRESS *\u003cbr\u003eSome people thought her merely bohemian, but others were grateful to have so engaging a role-model * INDEPENDENT *\u003cbr\u003eAs funny and warm and clever as Nancy herself. You can hear her voice in every line -- Frank Muir and Denis Norden\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Orion Publishing Co","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48739615637847,"sku":"9781474618656","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/a-funny-thing-happened-on-the-way-9781474618656","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}