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The Necessary Aptitude: A Memoir

An eagerly-awaited country childhood memoir by one of Britain's most-loved personalities.

Pam Ayres was the sixth child in a hard-up family who lived in a council house, her parent's generation were harrowed by the war. Yet they lived by the green in the village of Stanford in the Vale, where everything you needed was within walking distance and the sound of motorcars was rarely heard. Then reaching her teens, Pam realised how few opportunities she had. At fifteen she started working for the civil service. Pam knew she had to reach out for more, and sought it first in the WRAF. But it was some time before she discovered the unique talent that would make her one of Britain's best-loved comics. Containing Pam's much-loved combination of humour and poignancy, The Necessary Aptitudeis a beautifully written memoir of growing up in the country in post-war Berkshire.

Audience
adult
Length
long · 404 pages

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