{"product_id":"mothers-boy-1","title":"Mothers Boy","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e''One of the all-time great memoirs'' \u003ci\u003eDaily Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Wonderful...candid, shrewd and moving'' William Boyd\u003cbr\u003e''Laugh-out-loud glorious and uproarious'' Simon Schama\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eHoward Jacobson''s funny, revealing and tender memoir of his path to becoming a writer.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHoward Jacobson was forty when his first novel was published. In \u003ci\u003eMother''s Boy\u003c\/i\u003e, he traces the life that brought him there. Born into a working-class Jewish family in 1940s Manchester, he did not lack encouragement or subject matter. Jacobson takes us from childhood and studying at Cambridge, through landing in Sydney as a maverick young professor, and on to his first marriage and the birth of his son. Later, he begins new - and often surprising - ventures in places as disparate as London, Wolverhampton, Boscastle and Melbourne.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eInfused with bittersweet memories of Jacobson''s parents and friends, this is the story of a writer''s beginnings, and of learning to understand who you are before you can become the writer you were meant to be.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Hilariously brilliant'' David Baddiel\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Howard Jacobson brilliantly transforms calamity into rip-roaring comedy'' Craig Brown, \u003ci\u003eMail on Sunday\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57312618316158,"sku":"NW9781529115673","price":10.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9781529115673.jpg?v=1778511581","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/products\/mothers-boy-1","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}