The Scent Of Dried Roses

Tim Lott

ISBN 10: 0670864609 / ISBN 13: 9780670864607

Published by Viking, London, 1996

About this Item

Second printing. Well bound in black cloth boards with gilt titling to spine. Spine ends and corners are all very good. Text pages are all fine with no markings or inscriptions. Dust jacket is complete (unpriced) with a little rubbing to rear panel. Flat signed by author on title page. Dispatched same or next working day, in protective packaging.

Seller Inventory # 014406

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Scent Of Dried Roses
• Publisher: Viking, London
• Publication Date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0670864609
• ISBN 13: 9780670864607
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)

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.