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The witty and brilliant autobiography from legendary, beloved and groundbreaking journalist Katharine Whitehorn.
‘A book to treasure for its wit, honesty, good sense and warm laughter’ DAILY TELEGRAPH
Q: A mother’s place?
A: In the wrong.
Much loved for her frankness and humour, Katharine Whitehorn was a legendary journalist who pioneered the first of the personal columns. She told us how it really was. She was funny – and smart. SELECTIVE MEMORY, her autobiography, is about childhood, motherhood, marriage and of course her pioneering work on Fleet Street.
Praise for Katharine Whitehorn:
‘Everyone grabbed the Observer to read her column on a Sunday morning’ JILLY COOPER
‘Wise, witty, mischievous’ JAY RAYNER
‘A meteor: clever, funny, compassionate, insightful, beautiful’ RACHEL COOKE
‘A book to treasure for its wit, honesty, good sense and warm laughter’ DAILY TELEGRAPH
Q: A mother’s place?
A: In the wrong.
Much loved for her frankness and humour, Katharine Whitehorn was a legendary journalist who pioneered the first of the personal columns. She told us how it really was. She was funny – and smart. SELECTIVE MEMORY, her autobiography, is about childhood, motherhood, marriage and of course her pioneering work on Fleet Street.
Praise for Katharine Whitehorn:
‘Everyone grabbed the Observer to read her column on a Sunday morning’ JILLY COOPER
‘Wise, witty, mischievous’ JAY RAYNER
‘A meteor: clever, funny, compassionate, insightful, beautiful’ RACHEL COOKE
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Reviews
Katharine Whitehorn was wise, witty, mischievous
There is a fair amount of cheerful cynicism here, but also a touching memoir of times and people past
Katharine Whitehorn was a meteor: clever, funny, compassionate, insightful, beautiful
Humorous and bittersweet
Katharine Whitehorn's long-awaited and beautifully achieved autobiography, the best present you could give, a book to treasure for its wit, honesty, good sense and warm laughter . . . What she writes is timelessly intelligent, agelessly elegant
Dry, aphoristic, keenly intelligent