The highly acclaimed memoir of growing up with Dylan Thomas
Aeronwy Thomas is the only daughter of Dylan Thomas and Caitlan. She was a poet as well as a worldwide ambassador for her father's work, and president of the Dylan Thomas Society. She frequently travelled and lectured on her parents and her own poetry. She died in July 2009.
An enchanting book on every level, Aeronwy Thomas is not just her father's daughter but a skilled author in her own right - Jennifer Worth, author of Call the MidwifeIt [the Boathouse] looks a magical place for a child to explore - and so it proves in Aeronwy's clear-eyed, Laurie Lee-like memories of mudflats and sandbanks, picnics, swimming and going cockling ... this enchanted but unsentimental book ... of her wonderfully vivid childhood - is profoundly moving. - Daily MailA moving memoir ... beautifully drawn. - The Sunday Times:A fantastic memoir ... both touching and humourous - Image magazine, Book of the MonthA captivating portrait of life in the often happy, often chaotic Thomas household. - South Wales Evening PostPicaresque, chaotic and moving - Big IssueHighly evocative, moving and melancholy - The Sunday TimesPortrays a chaotic childhood with unsentimental grace...touching. - New York Times
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