Without Warning and Only Sometimes: 'Extraordinary. Moving and heartwarming' The

Description: Without Warning and Only Sometimes by Kit de Waal A painful, heartfelt, brilliantly funny childhood memoir from the acclaimed and bestselling author of MY NAME IS LEON FORMAT Hardcover CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Vivid and compelling and so moving... both painful and comforting to read Marian Keyes**A BOOK OF THE YEAR - GUARDIAN AND OBSERVER (December 2022)****SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKS ARE MY BAG READERS AWARD AND AN POST IRISH BIOGRAPHY OF THE YEAR 2022****AS BROADCAST ON BBC RADIO 4**Kit de Waal grew up in a household of opposites and extremes. Her haphazard mother rarely cooked, forbade Christmas and birthdays, worked as a cleaner, nurse and childminder sometimes all at once and believed the world would end in 1975. Meanwhile, her father stuffed barrels full of goodies for his relatives in the Caribbean, cooked elaborate meals on a whim and splurged money they didnt have on cars, suits and shoes fit for a prince. Both of her parents were waiting for paradise. It never came. Caught between three worlds, Irish, Caribbean and British in 1960s Birmingham, Kit and her brothers and sisters knew all the words to the best songs, caught sticklebacks in jam jars and braved hunger and hellfire until they could all escape. WITHOUT WARNING AND ONLY SOMETIMES is a story of an extraordinary childhood and how a girl who grew up in house where the Bible was the only book on offer went on to discover a love of reading that inspires her to this day. Author Biography Kit de Waal is the author of the novels MY NAME IS LEON, which was shortlisted for the Costa First Novel Award and won the Kerry Group Irish Novel of the Year, THE TRICK TO TIME, which was longlisted for the Womens Prize for Fiction, a short story collection, SUPPORTING CAST, and a memoir, WITHOUT WARNING & ONLY SOMETIMES, which was a Radio 4 Book of the Week and was shortlisted for Biography of the Year at the Irish Book Awards. She is also editor of the COMMON PEOPLE anthology, and co-founder of the Big Book Weekend festival. MY NAME IS LEON was adapted as a film for BBC Two. Review Extraordinary . . . De Waal has a gift for the deft detail that will bring a story or character alive . . . A moving, heart-warming account of a girl who grows up in a house with no books except the Bible, gets in with a bad crowd and nearly goes under. In the end, and after she has left home, she is saved by books. When she cant sleep she reads the classics. Now she may even have written one * Sunday Times *An astonishingly good evocation of the dream and reality of migration to postwar Birmingham * Observer *A terrific evocation of her family life in 1960s Birmingham * Financial Times *In the end, this is a survivors story. It doesnt pull any punches, but it ends with a girl determined to live, to "turn the page and keep reading" * Telegraph *Intelligent, angry and sometimes very funny * Scotsman *Dynamic and immersive, Kit de Waals effervescent memoir documents a fraught childhood of opposites and conflicting identities with wit, humanity and an uncanny power for bringing the figures of her youth to vibrant life. -- Maggie OFarrellA delightful and harrowing book. I cant think of another since Edmund Gosses Father and Son that gives such a well-written childs-eye view of an upbringing in a suffocating Christian sect . . . I highly recommend * Irish Times *This is a sometimes bleak, often funny tale of finding a way to live through reading, which is all the more amazing given the only book in Kits house was the Bible * Radio Times, Book of the Week *Kits writing is beautiful - vivid and compelling, and so moving. Families are such a mix of joy and pain and Kits depiction of her parents dynamic was both painful and comforting to read. Theres so much love, warmth and hope. I wanted to keep reading this book for ever -- Marian KeyesI knew Kit de Waal was special the moment I met her. And now I know why -- Lemn SissayWarm, honest, perceptive and moving, and the very best kind of memoir, because not only does it tell you about someone elses life, it tells you about your own -- Joanna CannonI loved it and couldnt put it down. Both joyous and heartbreaking, it captures an era and is also a beautiful tribute to sibling love, and a completely compelling story of how one girl became a reader -- Cathy RentzenbrinkA window into an extraordinary childhood, told with blistering wit, pathos and joy, I could not have loved this more. Kit takes you on a thrilling ride traversing her past filled with humour, faith, joy and dysfunction. I defy you not to lake it into your heart -- Abi MorganI couldnt put this book down. Beautifully written and searingly honest. Eye-opening, funny and moving - the words fly off the page. I didnt want this book to end Kit de Waal is a natural born storyteller -- Paul McVeighI adored this book. The beauty of its prose, the poetry of its imagery. Its open-hearted, frank, funny, and wise. Unflinching but unpitying. Ive returned to most sections twice and several a few more than that. Its a memoir filled with warmth, joy and heartbreak, written with the immediacy of a thriller and the poignancy of a love letter. It is a love letter - to a brave, curious, funny girl I now feel like Ive known all my life -- Séamas OReillyTouching and authentic - I loved this memoir -- Clare MackintoshA beautifully written and unsentimental account of growing up Black and Irish in Birmingham at a time when neither were particularly welcome. Inspiring, unflinching and courageous -- Liz NugentDynamic and immersive, Kit de Waals effervescent memoir documents a fraught childhood of opposites and conflicting identities with wit, humanity and an uncanny power for bringing the figures of her youth to vibrant life. -- Maggie OFarrell Long Description Vivid and compelling and so moving... both painful and comforting to read Marian Keyes **A BOOK OF THE YEAR - GUARDIAN AND OBSERVER (December 2022)** **SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKS ARE MY BAG READERS AWARD AND AN POST IRISH BIOGRAPHY OF THE YEAR 2022** **AS BROADCAST ON BBC RADIO 4** Kit de Waal grew up in a household of opposites and extremes. Her haphazard mother rarely cooked, forbade Christmas and birthdays, worked as a cleaner, nurse and childminder sometimes all at once and believed the world would end in 1975. Meanwhile, her father stuffed barrels full of goodies for his relatives in the Caribbean, cooked elaborate meals on a whim and splurged money they didnt have on cars, suits and shoes fit for a prince. Both of her parents were waiting for paradise. It never came.Caught between three worlds, Irish, Caribbean and British in 1960s Birmingham, Kit and her brothers and sisters knew all the words to the best songs, caught sticklebacks in jam jars and braved hunger and hellfire until they could all escape.WITHOUT WARNING AND ONLY SOMETIMES is a story of an extraordinary childhood and how a girl who grew up in house where the Bible was the only book on offer went on to discover a love of reading that inspires her to this day. Review Quote I loved it and couldnt put it down. Both joyous and heartbreaking, it captures an era and is also a beautiful tribute to sibling love, and a completely compelling story of how one girl became a reader Promotional "Headline" A painful, heartfelt, brilliantly funny childhood memoir from the acclaimed and bestselling author of MY NAME IS LEON Details ISBN1472284836 Pages 304 Publisher Headline Publishing Group Year 2022 ISBN-10 1472284836 ISBN-13 9781472284839 Format Hardcover Publication Date 2022-08-18 UK Release Date 2022-08-18 Imprint Tinder Press Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom Edited by Paul Preissner Birth 1939 Affiliation Harvard University Position Senior Research Scientist Qualifications M.D. Subtitle Extraordinary. Moving and heartwarming The Sunday Times Author Kit de Waal DEWEY 823.92 Audience General NZ Release Date 2022-11-21 AU Release Date 2022-11-21 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. 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