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Alan Bennett''s A Life Like Other People''s is a poignant family memoir offering a portrait of his parents'' marriage and recalling his Leeds childhood, Christmases with Grandma Peel, and the lives, loves and deaths of his unforgettable aunties Kathleen and Myra. Bennett''s powerful account of his mother''s descent into depression and later dementia comes hand in hand with the uncovering of a long-held tragic secret. A heartrending and at times irresistibly funny work of autobiography by one of the best-loved English writers alive today.

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    Publisher: Faber & Faber
    Publication Date: 29/04/2010
    ISBN13: 9780571248131, 978-0571248131
    ISBN10: 0571248136
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    Book Synopsis
    Alan Bennett''s A Life Like Other People''s is a poignant family memoir offering a portrait of his parents'' marriage and recalling his Leeds childhood, Christmases with Grandma Peel, and the lives, loves and deaths of his unforgettable aunties Kathleen and Myra. Bennett''s powerful account of his mother''s descent into depression and later dementia comes hand in hand with the uncovering of a long-held tragic secret. A heartrending and at times irresistibly funny work of autobiography by one of the best-loved English writers alive today.

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