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In the Blood: A Memoir of My Childhood by Andrew Motion

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4.0

Beautiful writing as you would expect. What an incredible eye for detail Mr Motion has. At times the very lengthy nature descriptions had me glazing over just the tiniest part, but generally this was a very moving story and memoir. You are left wishing he'd tell the rest; the story stopping as it were, when he is 17 and facing his mum's devastating riding accident. His earlier poems give some insight into what happened next.
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