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23%OFFVanessa Nicolson - Have You Been Good? - 9781783780785 - V9781783780785
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Have You Been Good?

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Description for Have You Been Good? Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJPK; 3JJPL; BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Vanessa Nicolson is the granddaughter of Vita Sackville-West and Harold Nicolson. She was born to an illustrious name and an unhappy marriage. Her father, the art historian Ben Nicolson, was homosexual and his marriage to Vanessa's Italian mother fell apart when Vanessa was very young. In this powerful and meditative memoir she chronicles her disjointed childhood and reckless youth, including holidays at Sissinghurst Castle with her cousins, and her experience of a liberal English boarding school. Interlinked with her story is that of her daughter Rosa, who died, aged 19. ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
Granta Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781783780785
SKU
V9781783780785
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About Vanessa Nicolson
VANESSA NICOLSON was brought up in London and Florence and has worked as an art historian and journalist. Her publications include The Sculpture of Maurice Lambert (Lund Humphries / Ashgate, 2002), commissioned by the Henry Moore Foundation. She is married to the writer Andrew Davidson and lives in Sissinghurst.

Reviews for Have You Been Good?
A brutal, frank, and bittersweet memoir of poverty amid privilege - Peter Stothard, author, Alexandria Beautiful and honest - Victoria Hislop, Summer Read, Women & Home Vivid and sometimes painfully honest... She has taken the base and battered metal of her life and turned it into gold - Mail on Sunday A collection of fragile fragments, handled ... Read more

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