
Bookworm
A Memoir of Childhood Reading
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Narrated by:
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Lucy Mangan
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By:
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Lucy Mangan
When Lucy Mangan was little, stories were everything. They opened up new worlds and cast light on all the complexities she encountered in this one.
She was whisked away to Narnia and Kirrin Island and Wonderland. She ventured down rabbit holes and womble burrows into midnight gardens and chocolate factories. She wandered the countryside with Milly-Molly-Mandy and played by the tracks with the Railway Children. With Charlotte's Web she discovered death, and with Judy Blume it was boys. No wonder she left the house only for her weekly trip to the library or to spend her pocket money on amassing her own at home.
In Bookworm, Lucy revisits her childhood reading with wit, love and gratitude. She relives our best-beloved books and their extraordinary creators and looks at the thousand subtle ways they shape our lives. She also disinters a few forgotten treasures to inspire the next generation of bookworms and set them on their way.
Lucy brings the favourite characters of our collective childhoods back to life - prompting endless rereadings, rediscoveries, and, inevitably, fierce debate - and brilliantly uses them to tell her own story, that of a born and unrepentant bookworm.
Cover credit: Laura Barrett
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A pure delight!
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sweet and nostalgic
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I had not heard of, let alone read, most of them. There were many examples of classic children’s literature she did not mention or include, which disappointed me, and even with the books we both have in common, our views are miles apart on about half of them.
While it was kind of thrilling to hear her extol the wonders and virtues of one particular and beloved book we both treasure, I found my attention drifting away through much of the rest of the book.
The author performs her own narration, and I have to say between her accent, her speed, and some volume issues, it was perhaps not the best choice.
Best suited for a British audience
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I love this!
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Interesting look at literature
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The author’s sarcasm
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