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Forever a Babe is Tom Clare's account of his early life growing up in post war Manchester alongside the emergence of Manchester United's famous young soccer team, the 'Busby Babes'. It is a tale of their triumphs and ultimate tragedy.
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
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Lustrous Cluster - Not Just For Manchester Utd Fans,
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This review is from: Forever a Babe: Growing Up With Manchester United (Paperback)
By a quirk of fate I happen to have been privileged to have read this book just before it was published having met Tom and his wife for the first time last week.
I found it a compelling, entertaining, informative, interesting and emotional read. I'm sure that football bias won't allow some folks to appreciate this work - but more fool them. Manchester Utd fans ought to lap it up. As for the title of this review: you'll have to ask Tom....
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
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Absolutely wonderful,
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This review is from: Forever a Babe: Growing Up With Manchester United (Paperback)
I've been reading and listening to Tom's recollections about the Babes for a number of years now and have often remarked, along with others, that he should write a book, I'm glad he finally listened to us all!
Tom has always spoken with such passion about United during the 50's and this passion is reflected in his book. I found it to be a riveting read which often moved me to tears or caused me to laugh out loud. His memories are so clear that it is easy to picture the scenes he describes and he gives a real insight in to how football was during a much more innocent age. A truly wonderful read that I would recommend to anyone.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
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Great first-hand historical account.,
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This review is from: Forever a Babe: Growing Up With Manchester United (Paperback)
This is as compelling and comprehensive an account of 1950s era Manchester United as you're likely to read. What makes it particularly effective is the way Tom Clare weaves autobiography and local social history in with first-hand recollections of United and his heroes by a genuine, passionate fan.
The autobiographical stuff is interesting and deftly avoids over-indulgence. The social history is genuinely fascinating, and the footballing side of the story is practically compulsory reading for true fans. It may be stretching things a little too far to say that you don't need to be a United fan, or even a football fan in general, to enjoy this, but the warmth, affection and storytelling prowess Tom displays throughout the book makes it VERY readable. A quick skim through by a sympathetic sub-editor might have polished off the very occasional rough edge, but that's just a very minor technicality. For those who were around Manchester and United at the time, it will be pure nostalgia (in the best sense of the word). For those of us who weren't, it's priceless eye-witness recollection and insight.
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