DEBORAH LEVY The Cost of Living. Reviewed by Anna Verney
In this month’s Flashback Friday, Anna Verney assesses Deborah Levy’s 2018 memoir The Cost of Living. As readers of South African-born British writer...
Read MoreBILLIE JEAN KING All In: An autobiography. Reviewed by Braham Dabscheck
Billie Jean King was a champion on and off the tennis court, working for inclusion and civil rights as she made tennis history. Whenever Muhammad Ali met up with tennis...
Read MoreJOHN CANN with JIMMY THOMSON The Last Snake Man. Reviewed by Ashley Kalagian Blunt
A dangerous way to make a living: John Cann’s autobiography tells the story of his life as a professional snake handler. George Cann was a snakey – a snake...
Read MoreMANAL AL-SHARIF Daring to Drive: The young Saudi woman who stood up to a kingdom of men. Reviewed by Kathy Gollan
One of the pleasures of al-Sharif’s book is the insight it gives into how women negotiate their way through chinks in the wall of oppression. This enthralling...
Read MoreThe Godfather: Peter Corris on as-told-to autobiographies Part 2
In April 1998 Captain Ken Blyth, a Scot and an experienced and respected merchant mariner, was in command of a tanker transporting thousands of tons of fuel through the...
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