Between the Stops: The View of My Life from the Top of the Number 12 Bus: the long-awaited memoir from the star of QI and The Great British Bake Off - Couverture souple

Toksvig, Sandi

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0349006407 ISBN 13 : 9780349006406

Editeur : Virago, 2020

Synopsis

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The long-awaited memoir from one of Britain's best-loved characters - presenter of QI, former host of The Great British Bake Off

'Wise and kind... part celebration, part confession... it will make you miss your stop' Observer

'A fun-filled, fact-packed, memorable ride' Sunday Times

'Life-affirming and addictive' Sunday Express

Between the Stops is a sort of a memoir, my sort. It's about a bus trip really, because it's my view from the Number 12 bus.

From a brief history of lady gangsters at Elephant and Castle to anecdotes about boarding school, this is the long-awaited memoir from one of Britain's best-loved characters. Presenter of QI, former host of The Great British Bake Off, writer, broadcaster, activist and comic on stage, screen and radio for nearly forty years: this is an autobiography with a difference - as only Sandi Toksvig can tell it.

A funny and moving trip through memories, musings and the many delights on the number 12 route, Between the Stops is also an inspiration to us all to get off our phones, look up and talk to each other because as Sandi says: 'some of the greatest trips lie on our own doorstep'.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Sandi Toksvig was born in Denmark, brought up in Africa, then America and moved to the UK when she was fourteen. She has been on British stage, screen and radio for over forty years and was awarded an OBE for Services to Broadcasting. She is the mother of three children, married and lives deep in the woods.

À propos de la quatrième de couverture

Sandi Toksvig, writer, broadcaster, activist, comic on stage, screen and radio for nearly forty years, could, of course, only write an autobiography with a difference.

`It's about a bus trip really, because it's my view from the top of the Number 12 bus. It's not a sensible way to write a memoir at all, probably, but things pop into your head as you travel, so it's my way'
`Her writing style is as kooky and digestible as Bill Bryson's, her genius as a raconteur inherited from her Danish journalist father... Hop on this bus, grab a seat up top and prepare yourself for a fun-filled, fact-packed, memorable ride' - Jackie Annesley Sunday Times

`It's not as if all my life flashed before me; but much has resurfaced: the solace of books, the love of my dear departed father; the drama and relief of coming out; finding love; my passion for theatre; my drive for justice; an understanding of a kind of loneliness that will forever haunt me; and how I ended up at sixty years old riding a double-decker bus.'


`Like browsing through a well-stocked museum of curiosities with a wise and kind guide; it's part celebration, part confession, part call to arms and wholly entertaining. Don't read it on the bus though - it will make you miss your stop' Stephanie Merritt, Observer
`Some of the greatest trips lie on our own doorstep' - Sandi Toksvig

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Virago
• Date d'édition: 2020
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0349006407
• ISBN 13: 9780349006406
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 320
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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