I'm a Stranger Here Myself - Softcover

Longden, Deric

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0552140503 ISBN 13: 9780552140508

Publisher: Transworld Pub, 1995

Synopsis

In 1990, Deric Longden made a momentous move to Huddersfield, in Yorkshire, where the distinctive customs and wealth of remarkable characters would surely provide him with all the material he needed for his planned book, one of the great classics of travel literature. But two years later, when he sat down to write, the major events of everyday life kept intruding—the demands of a houseful of cats, the problem of getting the cooker repaired, the memories evoked by sorting through old clothes in the wardrobe. I'm a Stranger Here Myself is a travel book where the most hilarious adventures can happen between the kitchen and the bathroom, and where a morning's shopping can provide enough anecdotes to last a lifetime.

About this title

From the Publisher

Also by Deric Longden and published by Corgi: Diana's Story, Lost for Words, The Cat Who Came in from the Cold

About the Author

Deric Longden was born in Chesterfield in 1936 and married Diana Hill in 1957. After various jobs he took over a small factory making women's lingerie, but began writing and broadcasting in the 1970s. The demands made on him by Diana's illness, subsequently believed to be a form of ME, forced him to sell the factory, and since then he has devoted himself to full-time writing, broadcasting, lecturing and after-dinner speaking. Diana's Story, published in 1989, some years after Diana's death, was a bestseller. It was followed by Lost for Words, The Cat Who Came in from the Cold, I'm a Stranger Here Myself, Enough to Make a Cat Laugh and A Play On Words. Deric Longden's first two books were adapted for television under the title Wide-Eyed and Legless, and an adaptation of Lost for Words was screened in January 1999, attracting an audience of more than 12 million viewers and winning the Emmy for best foreign drama. He married the writer Aileen Armitage in 1990 and now lives in Huddersfield.

Edition details

• Publisher: Transworld Pub
• Publication date: 1995
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0552140503
• ISBN 13: 9780552140508
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 256