Ethel and Ernest

Name: Ethel and Ernest
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ISBN: 9780224064460

ISBN-10: 0224064460

ISBN-13: 9780224064460

Edition: N/A

Authors: Raymond Briggs

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Poignant, funny, and utterly original,Ethel & Ernestis Raymond Briggs's loving depiction of his parents' lives from their chance first encounter in the 1920s until their deaths in the 1970s. Ethel and Ernest were solid members of the English working class, part of the generation that lived through the most tumultuous years of the twentieth century. They met during the Depression -- she working as a maid, he as a milkman -- and we follow them as they court and marry, make a home, raise their son, and cope with the dark days of World War II. Briggs's portrayal of how his parents succeeded, or failed, in coming to terms with the events of their rapidly shifting world -- the advent of radio,…

Book details

Publisher: Jonathan Cape
Pages: 104
Weight: 0.968