The children of lovers - Judy Golding

'The Children of Lovers are Orphans.' Proverb

Bestselling novelist, author of Lord of the Flies, William Golding was a famously acute observer of children. What was it like to be his daughter?

In
this frank and engaging family memoir, Judy Golding recalls growing up
with a brilliant, loving, sometimes difficult parent. The years of her
childhood and adolescence saw her father change from an impecunious
schoolteacher to a famous novelist. Once adult, she came to understand
some of the internal conflicts which led to his writing.

The
Golding family life, both ordinary and extraordinary, always kept its
characteristic warmth, humour, complexity, anger and love, danger and
insecurity. This is a book about family and parents, about lovers and
their children, and about our impact on one another - for good or ill.