The House in South Road

Paperback

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In this new edition of Joyce Storey's autobiography; the previous three editions are amalgamated and the complete story of her life is told. Born near Bristol in 1917; Joyce began her autobiography at age 66. THE HOUSE IN SOUTH ROAD follows her pre-war life in Bristol; an era of corset and chocolate factories; of 'service' and glamorous silent movies. With a brilliant eye for the comic in the tragic Joyce unfolds her experiences at school; her first job; her first love and a mismatched marriage. During the war Joyce is a mother of two and her RAF husband is rarely on leave. She fights on the home front; air raids; in-laws; machine work and poverty. After the war Joyce begins to enjoy the luxury of a prefab house; first holidays; the growing independence of her four children; but suffers a breakdown in her marriage and her husband's final illness. With humour and intelligence Joyce Storey charts a good deal of the 20th Century.