{"product_id":"9781529394498","title":"Back in the Day : Melvyn Bragg's deeply affecting, first ever memoir","description":"\u003cp\u003eMelvyn Bragg's first ever memoir - an elegiac, intimate account of growing up in post-war Cumbria, which vividly evokes a vanished world.   'The best thing he's ever written . . . What a world he captures here. You can almost smell it' Rachel Cooke, Observer 'Wonderfully rich, endearing and unusual . . . a balanced, honest picture' Richard Benson, Mail on SundayIn this elegiac and heartfelt memoir, Melvyn Bragg recreates his youth in the Cumbrian market town of Wigton: a working-class boy who expected to leave school at fifteen yet who gained a scholarship to Oxford University; who happily roamed the streets and raided orchards with his gang of friends until a breakdown in adolescence drove him to find refuge in books.   Vividly evoking the post-war era, Bragg draws an indelible portrait of all that formed him: a community-spirited northern town, still steeped in the old ways; the Lake District landscapes that inspired him; and the many remarkable people in his close-knit world. 'A charming account of a lost era, full of details and often lyrical descriptions of people and places . . . fascinating and often moving'  Christina Patterson, Sunday Times\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rye Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45459666239709,"sku":"9781529394498","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0064\/1368\/0730\/files\/9781529394498.jpg?v=1719998501","url":"https:\/\/ryebooks.co.uk\/products\/9781529394498","provider":"Rye Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}