A Play on Words

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Summary: Another Great Longden Classic
Review: This book is based around the making of the TV screen version of Deric Longden's beautifully poignant book about his mother 'Lost for Words'hence the punning title. This volume allows Longden to reflect on the manner in which his families personal tragedies have become public property and how the film versions of his books, including 'Wided Eyed and Legless', have distorted the way he remembers both his first wife and his mother. Intermixed with the fasinating background material about how a television play is put together, is accounts of the strange people Deric mets, his wife, who shouts her her computer, their friends and, of course, all his cats. All this is relayed with Longden's gentle eye for the humourous in the every day situation. Not a book to be read at the bus stop as it will make you roar with laughter at one moment and moan with tears at another. If you like other Longden books this is for you. If you have never read one before, why not start now?