Powsels and Thrums by Alan Garner #literature she pulls no punches

she pulls no punches

quick to make and low on effort

Lucy and Bob talk about their lives

to the darkest corner of the Arctic Circle

by making maths our friend

Powsels and Thrums by Alan Garner #literature she pulls no punchesIn this lyrical and revelatory memoir, Alan Garner, Booker shortlisted author of Treacle Walker, traces the line of his life: from a working class childhood in the landscape of Cheshire during World War II, through a grammar school education and on to the University of Oxford, and then home to see if he could become what he most desired: a writer. We see the serendipitous moments that drove his course, from coming of age in a period of great cultural