My Animals and Other Family by Julia Blackburn (English) Hardcover Book

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Congo the bush baby, from the jungles of Madagascar and the tropical fish, tortoises, chickens, guinea pigs, foxes, pigs, and two dogs. This book recalls the animals in the authors' life and in so doing gives us a sidelong glance at the human members of her family, her painter mother and poet father.

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A treat for Christmas, a delightful little book of stories by one of Britain's most original writers.In these five stories Julia Blackburn recalls the significant animals in her life and in so doing gives us a sidelong glance at the human members of her family, her painter mother and poet father.First comes Congo the bush baby, from the jungles of Madagascar via Harrods pet department. He slept in an old cap on the back of the door, and could leap about the room via the picture rails. Then there are tropical fish, tortoises, chickens, guinea pigs, foxes (the last three a combustible combination), pigs, and two very distinctive dogs, Julia's own dog, Jason, a cocker spaniel whose habits of servility and loyalty Julia's father, Thomas, was determined to undo ('He's worse than Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, fawning at my heels!') and Henry, a Parson Jack Russell terrier that Thomas got after his divorce, a dog of great independence, dignity and forbearance, whom his master used to take mountaineering.This is a delightful book, wry, funny and wise, and unmistakably the work of Julia Blackburn.

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A delightful book of stories by one of Britain's most original writers, the author of Old Man Goya and The Book Of Colour. Originally written for and broadcast on BBC Radio 4, they will be repeated this autumn.

Author Biography

Julia Blackburn is the author of five books of non-fiction, Charles Waterton, The Emperor's Last Island, Daisy Bates in the Desert, Old Man Goya and With Billie, and two novels, The Book of Colour and The Leper's Companions, both of which were shortlisted for the Orange Prize. She is the author of seventeen short stories specially commisioned by BBC Radio, a selection of which were published in My Animals and Other Family, and four radio plays, including The Spellbound Horses, which was broadcast in 2011. She is married to the artist Herman Makkink and they live in Suffolk and Italy.

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A treat for Christmas, a delightful little book of stories by one of Britain's most original writers.

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A treat for Christmas, a delightful little book of stories by one of Britain's most original writers.

Details ISBN0224082345 Author Julia Blackburn Pages 96 Year 2007 ISBN-10 0224082345 ISBN-13 9780224082341 Format Hardcover Publication Date 2007-11-01 Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom DEWEY 823.914 Illustrations Illustrations Media Book Short Title MY ANIMALS & OTHER FAMILY Language English Publisher Vintage Publishing AU Release Date 2007-11-01 NZ Release Date 2007-11-01 UK Release Date 2007-11-01 Imprint Jonathan Cape Ltd Illustrator Quentin Blake Translator Humphrey Davies Birth 1930 Affiliation Research Scholar, Amal Jyothi Centre for Nanoscience and Technology, Kerala, India Position UN Under-Secretary General and Rector Qualifications QC Alternative 9781409016885 Audience General We've got this

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