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Book Festival Julie Myerson 4/5 A glance at best-seller lists shows that history is riding high as the literary world's new rock'n'roll. Whether it's because we're going through particularly eventful times and need to remind ourselves that previous generations had it far worse, or that current issues are just too painful to contemplate, nothing's flying faster off shelves than accounts of earlier ages. There is no danger, though, that academics will get a stranglehold on the domain. Not, at least, with novelists like Julie Myerson making inroads on their patch.
Author of five novels, Myerson was inspired to branch into non- fiction with her new book, Home, when she learned that a previous inhabitant of her house in Clapham had been a fellow writer. In 1881, a writer-journalist called Henry Haywood lived there with his wife and three children, whose ages precisely match those of Myerson's brood. "It was as if they were a parallel family," she said, with infectious enthusiasm. Her interest piqued, she dug deep to unearth those who had shared her Victorian terraced home.See the full content of this document
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Now Home Is Where Her Art Is
Her house, which was built in 1872, began to take on a new dimension as she unveiled the stories of its inmates. "I wanted to write the biography of the house as if it was a very elderly lady with a lot of secrets," she said, unashamedly revealing the influence of the n...
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