An Uneasy Inheritance: My Family and Other Radicals (Main)

By: Polly Toynbee

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Synopsis: ***Chosen as a 2023 non-fiction highlight in the Guardian, Financial Times, New Statesman, The Tablet and Irish Times***While for generations Polly Toynbee's ancestors have been committed left-wing rabble-rousers railing against injustice, they could never claim to be working class, settling instead for the prosperous life of academia or journalism enjoyed by their own forebears. So where does that leave their ideals of class equality?Through a colourful, entertaining examination of her own family - which in addition to her writer father Philip and her historian grandfather Arnold contains everyone from the Glenconners to Jessica Mitford to Bertrand Russell, and features ancestral home Castle Howard as a backdrop - Toynbee explores the myth of mobility, the guilt of privilege, and asks for a truly honest conversation about class in Britain.

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
Book Size:: 448 Pages
ISBN-13:: 9781838958367
Related ISBNs:: 9781838958350
Publisher:: Atlantic Books
Date of Addition:: 05/31/23
Copyrighted By:: Polly Toynbee
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: History, Nonfiction, Biographies and Memoirs, Social Studies, Communication
Submitted By:: Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.