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Returning to the scene of her childhood, Thorn takes us beyond the bus shelters, the pub car parks, and the weekly discos, to the parents who wanted so much for their children and the children who wanted none of it. With great wit and insight, Thorn reconsiders the Green Belt post-war dream so many artists have mocked, and yet so many artists have come from.
“Exceptional . . . Made me catch my breath . . . Though Thorn tells us sharp truths, we gobble them up because she delivers them in such a deceptively pretty, poignant way” Financial Times
“When Thorn digs into her adolescence, the book sparks with wit and poignancy, helped by extracts from her teenage diaries that she smartly exploits for comedy and bathos” Sunday Times
“Tender, wise and funny” Sunday Express
“I adored this. Wise, tender, beautifully observed, deadly funny” MAX PORTER
Tracey Thorn is a singer—songwriter and writer, best known for her seventeen years in bestselling duo Everything But The Girl. She grew up as the youngest of three children in Hatfield, Hertfordshire, where she learned the piano, enjoyed underaged drinking, and started her first band while still at school. Since then, she has released four solo albums, one movie soundtrack, a large handful of singles, and two books, including the Sunday Times bestselling memoir, Bedsit Disco Queen. She currently writes a column for the New Statesman. She lives in London, with her husband Ben Watt and their three children.
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