Selective Memory
An Autobiography
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The witty and brilliant autobiography from legendary, beloved and groundbreaking journalist Katharine Whitehorn.
'A book to treasure for its wit, honesty, good sense and warm laughter' DAILY TELEGRAPH
Q: A mother's place?
A: In the wrong.
Much loved for her frankness and humour, Katharine Whitehorn was a legendary journalist who pioneered the first of the personal columns. She told us how it really was. She was funny - and smart. SELECTIVE MEMORY, her autobiography, is about childhood, motherhood, marriage and of course her pioneering work on Fleet Street.
Praise for Katharine Whitehorn:
'Everyone grabbed the Observer to read her column on a Sunday morning' JILLY COOPER
'Wise, witty, mischievous' JAY RAYNER
'A meteor: clever, funny, compassionate, insightful, beautiful' RACHEL COOKE
'A book to treasure for its wit, honesty, good sense and warm laughter' DAILY TELEGRAPH
Q: A mother's place?
A: In the wrong.
Much loved for her frankness and humour, Katharine Whitehorn was a legendary journalist who pioneered the first of the personal columns. She told us how it really was. She was funny - and smart. SELECTIVE MEMORY, her autobiography, is about childhood, motherhood, marriage and of course her pioneering work on Fleet Street.
Praise for Katharine Whitehorn:
'Everyone grabbed the Observer to read her column on a Sunday morning' JILLY COOPER
'Wise, witty, mischievous' JAY RAYNER
'A meteor: clever, funny, compassionate, insightful, beautiful' RACHEL COOKE
- Published: Aug 07 2008
- Pages: 288
- 195 x 128mm
- ISBN: 9781844082391
Press Reviews
- TIMES
There is a fair amount of cheerful cynicism here, but also a touching memoir of times and people past
- OBSERVER
Humorous and bittersweet
- TELEGRAPH
Katharine Whitehorn's long-awaited and beautifully achieved autobiography, the best present you could give, a book to treasure for its wit, honesty, good sense and warm laughter . . . What she writes is timelessly intelligent, agelessly elegant
- TIMES
Dry, aphoristic, keenly intelligent
- Rachel Cooke
Katharine Whitehorn was a meteor: clever, funny, compassionate, insightful, beautiful
- Jay Rayner
Katharine Whitehorn was wise, witty, mischievous