Powsels and Thrums by Alan Garner #literature to the darkest corner of

to the darkest corner of the Arctic Circle

quick to make and low on effort

she pulls no punches

ISBN: 9780702318153

Ami has become the sole caretaker of her mentally ill father

Powsels and Thrums by Alan Garner #literature to the darkest corner ofIn this lyrical and revelatory memoir, Alan Garner, Booker shortlisted author of Treacle Walker, traces the line of his life: from a working class childhood in the landscape of Cheshire during World War II, through a grammar school education and on to the University of Oxford, and then home to see if he could become what he most desired: a writer. We see the serendipitous moments that drove his course, from coming of age in a period of great cultural