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All men should strive to learn before they die what they are running from, and to, and why.
Rick Stein's childhood in 1950s rural Oxfordshire and North Cornwall was idyllic. His parents were charming and gregarious, their five children much-loved, and given freedom typical of the time. As he grew older, the holidays were filled with loud and lively parties in his parents' Cornish barn. But ever-present was the unpredictable mood of his bipolar father, with Rick frequently the focus of his anger and sadness. When Rick was 18, his father killed himself. Emotionally adrift, Rick left for Australia, carrying a suitcase stamped with his father's initials. Manual labor in the outback followed by adventures in America and Mexico toughened up the naive public schoolboy, but at heart he was still lost and unsure what to do with his life. Eventually, Cornwall called him home. From the entrepreneurial days of his mobile disco, the Purple Tiger, to his first, unlikely nightclub where much of the time was spent breaking up drink-fueled fights, Rick charts his personal journey in a way that is both wry and perceptive, engaging, and witty. This title was shortlisted for the Specsavers National Book Awards in 2013.
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Rick Stein's has published many best-selling cookery books, including Coast to Coast, Far Eastern Odyssey, French Odyssey, and Rick Stein's Spain. He runs an acclaimed restaurant and a seafood cookery school, as well as a delicatessen, patisserie, and hotel.
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"[An] engaging memoir." —The Telegraph
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- PublisherEbury Press
- Publication date2013
- ISBN 10 009195701X
- ISBN 13 9780091957018
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages384
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