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A House in Flanders
Michael Jenkins
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Description for A House in Flanders
Paperback. Num Pages: 176 pages, 12 black and white line drawings. BIC Classification: 3JJPG; BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 136 x 22. Weight in Grams: 196.
In 1951 Michael Jenkins, then 14 years old, spent the summer with the aunts in Flanders. His aunts were a group of elderly women whose connection to his family had never been explained but they immediately embraced him and he quickly became entwined in the lives of an extended family of aunts, uncles and cousins. The warmth of their life awakes Michael to the complicated world of relationships as he falls in love for the first time. Michael Jenkins's vivid ... Read more
In 1951 Michael Jenkins, then 14 years old, spent the summer with the aunts in Flanders. His aunts were a group of elderly women whose connection to his family had never been explained but they immediately embraced him and he quickly became entwined in the lives of an extended family of aunts, uncles and cousins. The warmth of their life awakes Michael to the complicated world of relationships as he falls in love for the first time. Michael Jenkins's vivid ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Souvenir Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Number of Pages
176
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780285643604
SKU
V9780285643604
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About Michael Jenkins
Michael Jenkins served as the British Ambassador to the Netherlands from 1988 to 1993, among other postings in a long career as a diplomat. He was knighted in 1990 and died in 2013.
Reviews for A House in Flanders
Artfully adds up to a portrait of a family, a time and a place... A very charming memoir.
`The New York Times'
Penelope Lively,
A seminal experience of life so beautifully recorded that the book becomes a small icon to be treasured not only on the shelf of a personal library, but in the mind. ... Read more
`The New York Times'
Penelope Lively,
A seminal experience of life so beautifully recorded that the book becomes a small icon to be treasured not only on the shelf of a personal library, but in the mind. ... Read more