Hellfire and Herring: A Childhood Remembered - Softcover

Rush, Christopher

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9781861979742: Hellfire and Herring: A Childhood Remembered

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1861979746 ISBN 13: 9781861979742

Publisher: Profile Books, 2009

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Woven into the fabric of family life, village characters, church, and school, Christopher Rush writes of folklore and fishing, fathers and sons, motherly love, and the inescapability of childhood influences far into adult life. Hellfire and Herring is a moving account of the author’s childhood in the 1940s and 1950s in the Scottish fishing village of St. Monans.

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About the Author:

Christopher Rush taught literature in Edinburgh for thirty years. His books include A Twelvemonth and a Day (recently listed as one of the 100 greatest Scottish books ever) and the highly acclaimed To Travel Hopefully.

Review:

“A glowing and beautiful memoir.”―The Mail on Sunday

“A supremely beautiful book that spins its particular story to tell a universal one.”―The Sunday Times

“Writing that sings with tremendous descriptive richness.”―The Scotsman

A glowing and beautiful memoir.” The Mail on Sunday

A supremely beautiful book that spins its particular story to tell a universal one.” The Sunday Times

Writing that sings with tremendous descriptive richness.” The Scotsman

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