Something Wholesale

by Eric Newby
Category: "Autobiographies, Memoirs and Biographies"
Pages:240
Year of Publication:1962
Date Added:10/04/2021
Date Read:10/02/2021
Notes:Subtitle: My Life and Times in the Rag Trade

After being released from prison camp at the end of WWII, Newby returned to London and joined his parents' declining dress-making factory as a salesman. He rejoined the army for a bit, returned to Italy, and found and married Wanda, the Slovene girl who helped him hide from the Nazis for a time. Newby also covers the birth of his first child and his father's dedication to rowing.
My Rating: 6

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Review - Something Wholesale

Newby can take a topic I'm not remotely interested in and make it worth reading. It was odd the way the book jumped around from topic to topic, but the anecdotes were amusing and the writing was excellent.

Reviewed by Roger on 2021-10-04 06:09:38

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