Sheila Hancock

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'One of our best-loved actor's powerful riposte to a world driving her mad' - DAILY MAIL Ungekürzte Lesung. 517 Min.

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Beschreibung

Bloomsbury presents Old Rage written and read by Sheila Hancock. THE SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLER WITH EXCLUSIVE NEW MATERIAL 'I want to be Sheila Hancock when I grow up' – Lorraine Kelly 'Wise, witty, kind and true' – Sunday Times 'A sparkling memoir as funny and insightful as it's moving' – Daily Mail 'A captivating memoir' – Mail on Sunday In 2016, Sheila Hancock sat down to write a book about a serene and fulfilled old age. This is not that book. In Old Rage, one of Britain's best-loved actors opens up about her tenth decade. Funny, feisty, honest, she makes for brilliant company as she talks about her life and takes an uncompromising look at a world so different from the one of her wartime childhood. And yet – despite age, despite rage – she finds there are always reasons for joy. 'The much-loved actor candidly shares the fear, joy and frustration she has found in her ninth decade' Guardian, Books of the Year 2022 'Sheila Hancock reflects upon her life and career with all the winning candour and warm-heartedness we have come to expect from the legendary actress' Waterstones

Autor

Sheila Hancock is one of Britain’s most highly regarded and popular actors, and received an OBE for services to drama in 1974 and a CBE in 2011. Since the 1950s she has enjoyed a career across Film, Television, Theatre and Radio. Her first big television role was in the BBC sitcom The Rag Trade in the early 1960s. She has directed and acted for the Royal Shakespeare Company and the National Theatre. Following the death of her husband, John Thaw, she wrote a memoir of their marriage, The Two of Us, which was a no. 1 bestseller and won the British Book Award for Author of the Year. Her memoir of her widowhood, Just Me, also a bestseller, was published in 2007. She lives in London and France.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. Juni 2022
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781526647436
• Artikelnr.: 70157736

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The much-loved actor candidly shares the fear, joy and frustration she has found in her ninth decade GUARDIAN, BOOKS OF THE YEAR 2022