Biography & Autobiography Personal Memoirs
Swan River
Memoir of a Family Mystery
- Publisher
- Greystone Books Ltd
- Initial publish date
- Apr 2002
- Category
- Personal Memoirs
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9781550549355
- Publish Date
- Apr 2002
- List Price
- $24.95
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Description
Swan River is a compelling and nostalgic family memoir that explores themes of love, loss, and discovery. As a child, David Reynolds developed a fascination with the story of his grandfather, who had mysteriously disappeared from London decades earlier. Reynolds consulted relatives, read diaries, and slowly pieced together a spellbinding story. Family members from four generations are beautifully drawn-from his great-aunt who could walk on her hands while playing the violin with her feet, to Reynolds's own father, a warm-hearted man of great complexity.
About the author
David Reynolds was one of the founders of Bloomsbury Publishing and is now a director of Old Street Publishing. He is the author of Swan River: A Memoir of a Family Mystery, which was shortlisted for the PEN/Acklerley Prize for Autobiography and Memoir.
