Bragg and his mother, Ethel, were just coming out of the church, trailed by a great crowd of mourners because Wigton isn’t big and everyone in it had known Stanley. None of them had felt able to attend the service – wrong church – but here they all were now, an unlikely guard of honour.

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By using the Web site, you confirm that you have read, understood, and agreed to be bound by the Terms and Conditions. I swotted because I found that, when I was in this terrible state, if I read difficult books, I couldn’t think about anything else for that period of time. It transforms from a list of familial facts to a life story filled with the richness of those around him and the love of his family, hometown, and the vast assorted characters who populated his young life. The best thing about it the book was the way it captured the culture of working-class life and displayed it in all its glory. Melvyns reflections are vivid and he portrays with eloquence his feelings and emotions of what was often a challenging and difficult time.At Books2Door, we believe that reading is a fundamental skill that every child should have to help improve their vocabulary, grammar, and critical thinking skills. Come down the travelators, exit Sainsbury's, turn right and follow the pedestrianised walkway to Crown Walk and turn right - and Coles will be right in front of you. Bragg's book, the best thing he's ever written, imbues the overused literary adjective "piercing" with real meaning . A greater part of the marks were given to the interview process rather than the exam results, thereby ensuring that intake was very much skewed in favour of public school pupils who would have had much broader life experience as the sons and daughters of wealthy parents.