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Eighty Not Out: Memoirs of a Bad Mixer
Elizabeth McCullough
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Description for Eighty Not Out: Memoirs of a Bad Mixer
Paperback. A memoir of alcoholism, family, Ireland, Tanzania, Ghana .. and a life fully lived. Num Pages: 304 pages, Two photographice plate sections. BIC Classification: BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 135 x 23. Weight in Grams: 406.
Elizabeth McCullough was born in Derry in 1928, just as her parents were agreeing a less than amicable separation. Even as a young child, she rebelled against middle-class conventions and was never afraid to voice her opinions.
After her disastrous first marriage to a German refugee twenty years her senior ended, she sailed to Africa in 1960 to join the World Health Organisation scientist who would become her second husband. She went on to raise three children in Ghana and Tanzania, but it wasn’t long before the spectre of alcoholism raised its head …
Brilliantly written and disarmingly ... Read more
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Publisher
Blackstaff Pr
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780856408878
SKU
V9780856408878
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Ref
99-10
About Elizabeth McCullough
Think Diana Athill, Sheila Hancock, Lynne Barber, Karen Blixen, add a stiff shot of vodka and shake well. Elizabeth McCullough was born in Derry in 1928 and grew up on the outskirts of Belfast. She ran the photographic department of Queen's University Belfast for five years, before leaving Northern Ireland in 1960 to join her husband-to-be – a parasitologist with ... Read more
Reviews for Eighty Not Out: Memoirs of a Bad Mixer
a fascinating read written with flair, honesty and self-deprecation Ulsterwoman, octogenarian and recovering alcoholic Elizabeth McCullough can now proudly call herself a writer. Open up this unsparing autobiography of a life spent mostly in Africa and the smell of that vast dusty continent comes fresh from the page.
Brian Jackman
Brian Jackman