Secret in the Scent of Dry Roses

Lott, Tim

ISBN 10: 0670864609 / ISBN 13: 9780670864607

Published by Viking, London, 1996

About this Item

Author's first book. Possibly an unread copy. General handling takes the rating just off fine.

Seller Inventory # 004495

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Secret in the Scent of Dry Roses
• Publisher: Viking, London
• Publication Date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0670864609
• ISBN 13: 9780670864607
• Binding: Hard Cover
• Edition: First UK Edition, First Printing
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine
• Seller catalogs:
  • Modern First Editions

About this title

Synopsis

Tim Lott had a bad nervous breakdown after his girlfriend left him and he had resigned from his job as editor of City Limits. He returned to his working class roots to be nursed back to health by his mother. Shortly after he began to get better his mother committed suicide...Time Lott uncovers a family history of depression which is also, in a fascinating way, a history of the changing attitudes to depression and mental illness in Britain.

About the Author

Tim Lott has founded several successful businesses and worked as a broadcaster, a magazine editor and television producer. He read Politics and History at the London School of Economics and lives in Notting Hill, London. This is his first book.