Ysenda Maxtone Graham

My mother — as I remember her best

Before she succumbed to dementia, Kathleen appears as a warm, lively, outspoken individual in this moving memoir by her son Nicholas Royle

Kathleen with her family on holiday at Soar Mill Cove, Devon.

  • Mother: A Memoir

    Nicholas Royle

    Myriad Editions, pp. 224, £8

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