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Loading... Auto da Fayby Fay Weldon, Servaas Goddijn
Work detailsAuto da Fay: A Memoir by Fay Weldon
None. The prolific writer Ms Weldon tells her complicated and chaotic life story from birth in England through growing up in pre-WW II New Zealand until the birth of her son Daniel back in post-war England. after which, she says "What I do from now on, all that early stuff digested and out of the way, is write, and let living take a minor role." The "early stuff" of which this book is composed is fascinating; many now well-known names are dropped and the influence of her family (including the writers Edgar and Selwyn Jepson) is made clear. It would have been helpful if some of the blank pages at the end of the book could have been occupied by family trees, since it isn't easy to follow her relatives' couplings and uncouplings, both official and unofficial, from the text alone. (  )1   gibbon | Nov 16, 2009 |  Controversial author Fay Weldon spins the tale of her life so far. Born into a family with ties to HG Wells and the Fabian Society, Weldon was raised in broken home by her divorced mother. While her sister descended into motherhood, marriage and madness, Weldon traveled a different path. From her student life, single motherhood, marriages and pre-writing career in advertising, Weldon bares her soul. And this writer is just as fascinating in real life as her fictional creations. bowiephile | Dec 28, 2007 | The first part of Fay Weldon's autobiography. A writer whose work I have always enjoyed. (  ) herschelian | Jan 18, 2006 | no reviews | add a review
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(retrieved from Amazon Thu, 21 Apr 2011 03:20:51 -0400)
"Fay Weldon, one of the pre-eminent writers of our times, has crammed more than most into her years. From the 1930s to the 2000s, Weldon has seen and lived it all. As a child in New Zealand, as young and poor in London, as unmarried mother, as wife, lover, playwright, novelist, feminist, anti-feminist, spag-bol-cook, winer-and-diner, there are few waterfronts that she hasn't covered, few battles she hasn't fought." "Brought up by women - her intrepid mother, grandmother and sister - men were a mystery until 1960s London introduced her to the louche, the hopeless, and the golden-footed. A central figure among the Bohemian writers, artists, thinkers and poets of the sixties, she has maintained this unique position through four turbulent decades. An icon to many, a thorn-in-the-flesh to others, she has never failed to excite, madden, or interest. Her life and times cover love, sex, babies, blokes, poverty, work, politics, and not a few Very Famous Names." "Moving from New Zealand to London to Scotland, from the UK to points east and west, Weldon has by turns relished, rejected, and often defined the way of life that makes us what we are today."--BOOK JACKET.… (more)
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