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Too Many Mothers (Hardcover)

by Roberta Taylor (Author)
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  • Hardcover: 320 pages
  • Publisher: Atlantic Books; First Edition edition (13 Oct 2005)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1843543001
  • ISBN-13: 978-1843543008
  • Product Dimensions: 23.4 x 16 x 3 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
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A gut-wrenching memoir that still has you gasping with laughter… simply unforgettable. A hell of a book. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.
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22 of 22 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars An Eastend Childhood brought to life with wit, humour and good writing , 22 Jun 2006
By Laura Daly (Dublin) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Too Many Mothers: A Memoir of an East End Childhood (Paperback)
This is another one of these books which you will find hard to put down. This is really well written weaving in the all the family members in there own individual chapters. It is linked up with one memoir of a boxing day in 1956 which runs through the whole book. Mary and Bob have five daughters and two sons and it tells all there stories. Mary who's roots lie in an Irish travelling family spends her life begging, buying, selling and running from the Tallyman. She is a hard woman who seems to be ruled by money but in the abject proverty of London's East End between the wars who can blame her. We meet Granny Clara who sorts out young Mary. Uncle William who loves Flo who has a plate in her head. Vi who spends some time as a guest of HM Prison Service just like her Mother. Doll who wants something better and a baby, Win who falls in love with the wrong guy and Carol who marries the wrong guy. Robert who gets out and makes some life for himself despite his Mother stealing his 10 bob notes and young George who hits the road for New Zealand. You see them though the eyes of young Roberta who has to deal with her own idenity being a mystery. You do at times feel that this lot are a bit hard and Mary is not a perfect Mother by a long, long shot but the grinding poverty they have to put up with is an eye opener. Its also sad, funny and never does she once moan or pass judgement on any of them. She writes well and if you like Alan Bennetts obsevations and his family tales you will enjoy this.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A bewitching read from a bewitching author, 21 Nov 2007
By J. Still "jonathan54" (London, UK) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Too Many Mothers: A Memoir of an East End Childhood (Paperback)
I bought this book because I like Roberta Taylor as an actress, and would have been happy to read anything by her. I had expected a quick in-flight-read kind of a book. But it was a much better and richer experience than that. By the time I put it down, every character had been etched so clearly and memorably on my mind that I felt as if they'd all rented a large house in my head, and were carrying on their colourful lives up there.


Although it's all based on real-life characters and events from her own past, this isn't a book about Roberta Taylor, it's a book about life in the east-end of London in the first half of the 20th century. There's a real poignancy about it. You get the impression that the 1950s are such a watershed in Britain that looking back is like looking over a high wall.

She crafts the story for maximum impact and enjoyment, not to make herself the centre or focus of it. She does it brilliantly - the structure of the book leads to a tightly-woven cloth of overlapping and interwoven threads, with the same narratives sometimes retold from two or more perspectives. There's both a clear, forward-thrusting narrative, and a contemplative, side-stepping and time-hopping one which gives depth and suspense.


Far from being just another memoir by a celebrity, for my taste, this is up there with some of my favourites like Kate Atkinson's Human Croquet, or Cider With Rosie, or Under Milk Wood. Now that many of the places in the book have long since been glazed and steeled with new Docklands developments, this is a beautiful memorial to a past which is indeed another country.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars brilliant!, 7 Aug 2006
By Samantha Stringer (Brighton, UK) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Too Many Mothers: A Memoir of an East End Childhood (Paperback)
I thoroughly enjoyed this book. Rough, tough women, hardship, tears but also lighthearted moments and lots of hope. Just a blimmin' good read.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic Holiday Read

What a lovely, funny book, I took it with me on holiday and couldnt put it down, I didnt want it to end. Fabulous writing, excellent book
Published 5 months ago by K. Horton

1.0 out of 5 stars Must have read the wrong book
Unlike the other reviewers I found this book completely boring in the extreme. Why Miss Taylor thought one would be interested in her somewhat crude family is beyond me,the book... Read more
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5.0 out of 5 stars Be embraced by this vibrant family
I loved this story. The vibrancy of this family's life and their characters shone through during the whole book. Roberta's writing is skilled and enjoyable. Read more
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5.0 out of 5 stars my wife just loved it
my wife read this book and was for once very quiet,the feed back she gave was that its one of the best books she had read in a while,one minute she was laughing the next... Read more
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3.0 out of 5 stars is it me?
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4.0 out of 5 stars A very enjoyable read
I really enjoyed this book. It focuses mainly on Roberta's life as a child, the two generations above her and how they interact with one and other. Read more
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5.0 out of 5 stars A must read
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Roberta Taylor's memoirs really are unique. They show a humorous, exciting and even fun side to growing up in the East End of London. Read more
Published on 2 April 2006 by M. Lee

5.0 out of 5 stars Fab!
I loved this book and read the whole thing in 2 days, just couldn't put it down. Roberta Taylor tells a brilliant story with very engaging characters and in a format to keep... Read more
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i thoroughly enjoyed this book from roberta taylor. i could just imagine how life was like for her.this was a book once i picked up i couldn't put down
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