{"product_id":"in-the-blood-a-memoir-of-my-childhood","title":"Sir Andrew Motion: In the Blood [2006] hardback","description":"In the Blood is Andrew Motion's beautifully written memoir of growing up in post-war England - an unforgettable evocation of family life, school life and country life. It also tells the story of how these worlds are shattered, when his mother suffers a terrible riding accident.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe tragedy shadows the book, feeding its mood of elegy as well as its celebratory vigilance. Written from a teenage child's point of view, without the benefit of adult hindsight, Motion captures the pathos and puzzlement of childhood with great clarity of expression and freshness of memory. We encounter a strange but beguiling extended family, a profound love of the natural world, a troubled schooling, and a growing passion for books and writing.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBy turns funny and elegiac, In the Blood is a wonderful picture of a vanishing England, a remarkable insight into a poet's mind, and a deeply moving portrait of the bond between a mother and her son.","brand":"Motion, Sir Andrew","offers":[{"title":"Good","offer_id":47811185344851,"sku":"XG80571228034","price":4.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/files\/motion-sir-andrew-in-the-blood-a-memoir-of-my-childhood-xg80571228034-54924060623187.jpg?v=1727247904","url":"https:\/\/chaptersbookstore.pro\/products\/in-the-blood-a-memoir-of-my-childhood","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}