'Seeing Mum lying in a hospital bed, in what would be the last few days of her life, it was hard to marry her with the mother I had known. She allowed me to help her in a way that she would have normally rebuffed. She was not the mother who had constantly battled with her own emotions, and with her inability to express them without anger, fear or regret. To say that throughout my life we hadn't always seen eye to eye might be something of an understatement....'
In this intimate and entertaining autobiography, Sue Johnston recounts her working-class Liverpudlian childhood with her close-knit family; her teenage years in the sixties, where she worked for Brian Epstein and was friends with the Beatles; and her acting success over the last three decades. But it is in her relationship to her mother that Sue has measured her life. They were close when Sue was a child, but when she moved to London to pursue her acting career her mother declared 'my life is over'. From then on, Sue and her dad had to choose what they would or wouldn't report back to Mum.
Today, after nursing her mother in her final months, and with her own son recently married, Sue has been compelled to revisit her life and assess just what it was that she couldn't tell her mother - and to ask herself why.
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"I really enjoyed this book. It is interesting and funny with some very poignant moments. I loved the way everything was referenced back to the mother daughter relationship which is often tricky. Good luck to Sue in the future." — Carla (5 out of 5 stars)
"I really enjoyed this book. It is interesting and funny with some very poignant moments. I loved the way everything was referenced back to the mother daughter relationship which is often tricky. Good luck to Sue in the future."
" Another run of the mill autobiography.... "
" I loved this autobiography - being a self confessed Brookie in my youth. It was both funny and sad and written from the heart - well worth a read. "
" I liked her style and found this really interesting. "
" shelved it for now, not a riveting read I am sorry to say. "
" I couldn't put this book down. Sue Johnston tells her life story and of her relationship with her mother. It made me laugh and also cry and was so beautifully written. A must for anyone who follows sue's career. "
" This book was exactly how i thought it would be , easy to read uncomplicated and most of all down to earth , bit of a teary eye when Sue is talking about losing her Mother , all in all a very good read . . . "
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