Powsels and Thrums by Alan Garner #literature she pulls no punches

she pulls no punches

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Follow the yellow brick road

from carol singing in crunching snow to pub conversations and songs

quick to make and low on effort

Powsels and Thrums by Alan Garner #literature she pulls no punchesIn this lyrical and revelatory memoir, Alan Garner, Booker shortlisted author of Treacle Walker, traces the line of his life: from a working class childhood in the landscape of Cheshire during World War II, through a grammar school education and on to the University of Oxford, and then home to see if he could become what he most desired: a writer. We see the serendipitous moments that drove his course, from coming of age in a period of great cultural