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''A fascinating story of courage, doubt and defiance across three generations'' SARAH WATERS

''A fierce and beautiful book'' EDMUND DE WAAL

''Heartfelt and upfront... A grieving daughter rediscovers her mother''s political past'' BLAKE MORRISON, Guardian

''A compelling reconstruction of her mother''s life as a young anti-nuclear activist defying her suburban parents'' CATHERINE TAYLOR, Financial Times

''Eloquent, piercing, gloriously humane'' PHILIPPE SANDS

After the sudden death of her mother at age 75, Natasha Walter was thrown into a time of bewilderment and sadness.

It was only when she began to search back through Ruth''s history, that she began to understand how her life led to death by her own hand. She learns that Ruth had been brought up to be a conventional young woman, but chose to take huge risks and even break the law for her beliefs in the nuclear disarmament movement of the 19

Before the Light Fades

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      Publisher Little, Brown Book Group
      Published 1 February 2024
      ISBN-13 9780349010595
      978-0349010595
      ISBN-10 349010595
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      Biography Memoirs

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      ''A fascinating story of courage, doubt and defiance across three generations'' SARAH WATERS

      ''A fierce and beautiful book'' EDMUND DE WAAL

      ''Heartfelt and upfront... A grieving daughter rediscovers her mother''s political past'' BLAKE MORRISON, Guardian

      ''A compelling reconstruction of her mother''s life as a young anti-nuclear activist defying her suburban parents'' CATHERINE TAYLOR, Financial Times

      ''Eloquent, piercing, gloriously humane'' PHILIPPE SANDS

      After the sudden death of her mother at age 75, Natasha Walter was thrown into a time of bewilderment and sadness.

      It was only when she began to search back through Ruth''s history, that she began to understand how her life led to death by her own hand. She learns that Ruth had been brought up to be a conventional young woman, but chose to take huge risks and even break the law for her beliefs in the nuclear disarmament movement of the 19

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