Just One More Day
A Memoir
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- £2.99
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- £2.99
Publisher Description
In 1960s Bristol, a family is overshadowed by tragedy
While Susan, a typically feisty seven-year-old, is busy being brave, her mother, Eddress, is struggling for courage. Though bound by an indestructible love, their journey through a world that is darkening with tragedy is fraught with the kind of misunderstandings that bring as much laughter as pain, and as many dreams as nightmares. How does a child cope when faced with a wall of adult secrets? What does a mother do when her biggest fear starts to become a reality? Because it's the Sixties, and because it's shameful to own up to feelings, Eddress tries to deny the truth, while Susan creates a world that will never allow her mother to leave.
Set in a world where a fridge is a luxury, cars have starting handles, and where bingo and coupons bring in the little extras, Just One More Day is a deeply moving true-life account, told by mother and daughter, of how the spectre of death moved into their family, and how hard they tried to pretend it wasn't there.
Customer Reviews
Just one more day Susan Lewis
I love this book I’ve read it more than once it’s funny and sad as well as inspiring, one of my all time favourites
Too much swearing
I really like this story and the way it was told. Unfortunately I didn't like the way Eddress kept on swearing, if she really spoke like that it could have been intimated At the beginning and let the reader know that actually her language was a bit vulgar but carry on like that till the end was tiresome. Nevertheless I still think Susan Lewis is a great writer. This is my 4 th book and I am hooked. I'll keep on reading more of her stories.