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A happy childhood doesn’t always make for a smooth path in life. So leaving the comfort and familiarity of his adored Yorkshire home, Alan Titchmarsh still had a lot to prove. A less than distinguished school record meant his new chosen path in life as a gardener had a lot to make up for. And it did. Alan’s apprenticeship at Kew Gardens brought him the best training and above all companionship he could want as he began his new southern life. Meanwhile he was also beginning to tread the boards finding his love of stage and song with a local operatic society. And then of course there was the other love he discovered. From its fumbling beginnings Alan was to begin another journey as confirmed romantic at last finding the love of his life. In this witty and warm coming of age memoir Alan Titchmarsh proves once again why he is a British national treasure.
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Alan Titchmarsh is known to millions through the popular BBC TV programs British Isles: A Natural History, Gardeners World, Ground Force, How to Be a Gardener, and The Nature of Britain. He has written more than 40 gardening books, as well as six novels and his two memoirs Trowel and Error and Nobbut a Lad.
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Alan Titchmarsh talks about his career with warmth, humour and an enthusiasm that never wanes * Woman's Weekly * This book is a sheer delight and the humour and wry, self-effacing descriptive energy make it a total page-turner * Sun *
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- PublisherHodder & Stoughton
- Publication date2009
- ISBN 10 0340953047
- ISBN 13 9780340953044
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages384
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