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In this new edition of Joyce Storey's autobiography, the previous three editions are amalgamated and the complete story of her life is told. Born near Bristol in 1917, Joyce began her autobiography at age 66.
THE HOUSE IN SOUTH ROAD follows her pre-war life in Bristol, an era of corset and chocolate factories, of 'service' and glamorous silent movies. With a brilliant eye for the comic in the tragic Joyce unfolds her experiences at school, her first job, her first love and a mismatched marriage. During the war Joyce is a mother of two and her RAF husband is rarely on leave. She fights on the home front; air raids, in-laws, machine work and poverty. After the war Joyce begins to enjoy the luxury of a prefab house, first holidays, the growing independence of her four children, but suffers a breakdown in her marriage and her husband's final illness. With humour and intelligence Joyce Storey charts a good deal of the 20th Century.
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Destined to join the ranks of Laurie Lee's, Helen Forrester's and William Woodruff's autobiographical classics of the 20th Century, THE HOUSE IN SOUTH ROAD evokes in marvellously vivid colours, the ordinary story of an extraordinary working-class woman's life.
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The ordinary story of an extraordinary working-class woman's life. Joyce Storey's autobiography begins with her pre-war life in Bristol, in an era of corset and chocolate factories, of 'service' and glamorous silent movies. With a brilliant eye for the comic in the tragic, Joyce unfolds her early experiences, leading to marriage and motherhood. During the war, like countless other women with an RAF husband rarely on leave, she fights on the home front; air raids, in-laws, machine work and poverty. Later, Joyce enjoys the luxury of a prefab house, first holidays, the growing independence of her four children, whilst coping with marriage breakdown and her husband's final illness.
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- PublisherMagna Large Print Books
- Publication date2005
- ISBN 10 0750524154
- ISBN 13 9780750524155
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages432
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