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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. Lovely sweet book. Made tears in my eyes. Fabulous illustration. I just wanted to nestle in and live in this book for awhile! ( ) Cartoonist Raymond Briggs tells the story of his parents’ marriage in this sweet graphic novel. His parents met in 1928, when his father was a milkman and his mother was a lady’s maid. Together they weathered the changes of the mid-20th century, including the rise of Hitler, World War II, post-war rationing, and the introduction of modern conveniences like refrigerators and television. Raymond was their much-doted-on only child. I think his parents would have been pleased with this loving tribute to their quiet lives. Heart-breakingly tender and sweet telling of a family's life together. It can't have been fun for Briggs to draw himself as the patronising oaf of youth from thevantage of his later years; it's not pleasant to look back on that stage of life. Ernest in the hallway for Raymond's birth gets me every time. no reviews | add a review
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Utterly original, deeply moving and very funny, Ethel & Ernest is the story of Raymond Brigg`s parents' marriage, from their first chance encounter to their deaths told in Brigg`s unique strip-cartoon format. Nothing is invented, nothing embroidered - this is the reality of two decent, ordinary lives of two people who, as Briggs tells the story, become representative of us all. The book is also social history; we see the dark days of the Second World War, the birth of the Welfare State, the advent of television and all the changes which were so exhilarating and bewildering for Ethel and Ernest. A marvellous, life-enhancing book for all ages. No library descriptions found. |
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