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Home Life

by Alice Thomas Ellis

Second winning collection of the very best from Alice Thomas Ellis's "Spectator" column, "Home Life" in which she chronicles domestic goings-on with a wise acceptance of the vicissitudes of everyday life.

Genres: Essays

160 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1987

About the author

Alice Thomas Ellis was short-listed for the Booker prize for The 27th Kingdom. She is the author of A Welsh Childhood (autobiography), Fairy Tale and several other novels including The Summerhouse Trilogy, made into a movie starring Jeanne Moreau and Joan Plowright.

Reviews

[Jurgita]

Delightful read. A collection of her Spectator column writings. Humorous reflections on faulty plumbing, abandoned baby pheasants and cardboard boxes. Reading them feels like listening to your favourite aunt.

[Liz Owen]

Somewhat dated, but nevertheless still entertaining in places.

[Caroline]

Enjoyable £1 Fara shop find - partly based round Camden Town