My Sand Life, My Pebble Life: A memoir of a childhood and the sea by Ian McMilla

Description: My Sand Life, My Pebble Life by Ian McMillan Estimated delivery 4-14 business days Format Hardcover Condition Brand New Description Celebrated poet and broadcaster Ian McMillan transports you to a world of childhoods by the sea in this warm, darkly funny and sublimely crafted book. Publisher Description My Sand Life, My Pebble Life is a new book focusing on one of poet Ian McMillans great loves – the sea – and the places and memories that have shaped who he is today.Comprised of a series of perfectly crafted, evocative, funny and nostalgic essays, Ian revisits the coastal places that stamped themselves on his childhood: Cleethorpes, where a bird once landed on the seat next to him as the miniature railway chugged along, California in Suffolk where his Auntie accidentally put her hand through the window of a caravan and bled spectacularly, Minehead in Somerset where his dad kept stalling the car and the family limped across the map and took all day to get avery short distance, Broadford on the Isle of Skye where midges descended on Ian like an apocalyptic umbrella.This book will transport you from your everyday life to a coast rich in memories of childhood and times spent by the sea. Author Biography Ian McMillan is a poet, journalist, playwright and broadcaster. Hes written comedy for radio and plays for the stage, and worked extensively in radio and television, currently presenting The Verb on Radio 3 and appearing as a regular on BBCs Coast, BBC Breakfast, Countryfile, Pick of the Week, Last Word and The Arts Show.With the Times Education Supplement describing him as the Shirley Bassey of performance poetry and Andy Kershaw saying hes inching towards the status of a National Treasure, hes been a castaway on Desert Island Discs, poet in residence for The Academy of Urbanism and Barnsley FC, resident poet at English National Opera and UK Trade & Investment poet, Yorkshire TVs Investigative Poet and Humberside Polices Beat poet. Details ISBN 1472982940 ISBN-13 9781472982940 Title My Sand Life, My Pebble Life Author Ian McMillan Format Hardcover Year 2022 Pages 176 Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC GE_Item_ID:135312344; About Us Grand Eagle Retail is the ideal place for all your shopping needs! With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and over 1,000,000 in stock items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! Shipping & Delivery Times Shipping is FREE to any address in USA. Please view eBay estimated delivery times at the top of the listing. Deliveries are made by either USPS or Courier. We are unable to deliver faster than stated. International deliveries will take 1-6 weeks. NOTE: We are unable to offer combined shipping for multiple items purchased. This is because our items are shipped from different locations. Returns If you wish to return an item, please consult our Returns Policy as below: Please contact Customer Services and request "Return Authorisation" before you send your item back to us. Unauthorised returns will not be accepted. Returns must be postmarked within 4 business days of authorisation and must be in resellable condition. Returns are shipped at the customer's risk. We cannot take responsibility for items which are lost or damaged in transit. For purchases where a shipping charge was paid, there will be no refund of the original shipping charge. Additional Questions If you have any questions please feel free to Contact Us. Categories Baby Books Electronics Fashion Games Health & Beauty Home, Garden & Pets Movies Music Sports & Outdoors Toys

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