Romany and Tom

Romany and Tom
Author :
Publisher : A&C Black
Total Pages : 368
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781408845264
ISBN-13 : 1408845261
Rating : 4/5 (64 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Romany and Tom by : Ben Watt

Download or read book Romany and Tom written by Ben Watt and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2014-02-13 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ben Watt's father, Tommy, was a working-class Glaswegian jazz musician, a politicised left-wing bandleader and a composer. His heyday in the late fifties took him into the glittering heart of London's West End, where he broadcast live with his own orchestra from the Paris Theatre and played nightly with his quintet at the the glamorous Quaglino's. Ben's mother, Romany, the daughter of a Methodist parson, schooled at Cheltenham Ladies' College, was a RADA-trained Shakespearian actress, who had triplets in her first marriage before becoming a leading showbiz columnist in the.sixties and seventies. They were both divorcees from very different backgrounds who came together like colliding trains in 1957. Both a personal journey and a portrait of his parents, Romany and Tom is a vivid story of the post-war years, ambition and stardom, family roots and secrets, life in clubs and in care homes. It is also about who we are, where we come from, and how we love and live with each other for a long time.


Romany and Tom Related Books

Romany and Tom
Language: en
Pages: 368
Authors: Ben Watt
Categories: Biography & Autobiography
Type: BOOK - Published: 2014-02-13 - Publisher: A&C Black

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Ben Watt's father, Tommy, was a working-class Glaswegian jazz musician, a politicised left-wing bandleader and a composer. His heyday in the late fifties took h
Ina-Baby
Language: en
Pages: 268
Authors: Benjamin Drevlow
Categories:
Type: BOOK - Published: 2019-10-21 - Publisher:

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

They're too broken not to find each other, he's too broken to make it out alive. Ina-Baby is a collection of linked love stories told in reverse order of mutual
Quarantine: A Love Story
Language: en
Pages: 277
Authors: Katie Cicatelli-Kuc
Categories: Young Adult Fiction
Type: BOOK - Published: 2019-03-26 - Publisher: Scholastic Inc.

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Love can be contagious in this infectiously fun romance by debut author Katie Cicatelli-Kuc. Oliver wants a girlfriend, and there's a girl back home who might b
Out of Love
Language: en
Pages: 417
Authors: Hazel Hayes
Categories: Fiction
Type: BOOK - Published: 2021-09-28 - Publisher: Penguin

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

One of E! News' 13 Books to Read This September | One of Bookish's Debuts to Read in the Second Half of 2021 | One of Medium's Best Releases Out Today “Hazel
Unconventional
Language: en
Pages: 210
Authors: Rebecca Royce
Categories:
Type: BOOK - Published: 2018-02-20 - Publisher:

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

As an English major and the editor of the Literary Magazine at Denberg University, I'm fully focused on school. Struggling with being the utter disappointment o