by Rose Tremain · Tapa dura · ISBN 9781784742270
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«Rosie: Scenes from a Vanished Life» is the memoir by Rose Tremain, published by Penguin Random House in 2018 (224 pages, in English).
Tremain recalls her childhood in post-war Britain, between grey, rationed London and her grandparents' farm in Hampshire. At ten, Rosie and her sister lose their father, their home, their school, and their nanny Vera; later, at boarding school, friendship and good teachers awaken her vocation as a writer.
Recommended for readers interested in memoirs, the making of writers, and everyday life in post-war Britain.
Dame Rosemary Jane Tremain is an English novelist, short story writer, and former Chancellor of the University of East Anglia. She as been the recipient of many prizes for her writing, including the Giles Cooper Award (1984), the James Tait Black Memorial Prize (1992), the Whitbread Award (1999) and the Orange Prize (2008).
