Woodruff, William
Beyond Nab End: The Sequel to The Road to Nab End
- ISBN 13:
- 9780349116228
- author:
- Woodruff, William
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- Abacus
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2003
- Pages:
- 320
- Dimensions:
- 12.7 x 2.29 x 22.35 centimetres
- Genre:
- Biography: general
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 10 working days
Description
William Woodruff's second volume of memoirs picks up in the early 1930s, as he arrives in Poplar and lands a job at a steel foundry. Despite the grim conditions, he proves indomitable.
Outside work, Woodruff cycles to Berkhamstead in search of an old girlfriend, braving a snowstorm that forces him back home after eight hours. Eventually, he secures his first white-collar job with the water board and pursues further education, winning a place at Ruskin College, Oxford.
The book concludes with Woodruff's poignant account of returning from the war to meet the son he has never known, a deeply moving story that rounds out his remarkable journey from steelworker to academic.
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