Mary, Quite Contrary
A Second World War Girlhood and What Happened Next
Published on 4. November 2016
Book
Paperback/Softback
182 pages
978-1-911546-07-8 (ISBN)
Description
Written with charm and humour, Mary Essinger's page-turning memoir takes the reader on a highly entertaining journey from her pre-war life of spirited poverty in a Leicestershire village to a career as a lecturer in Spoken English, novelist and stand-up comedian. With a sharp eye for tragedy and a warm appreciation for joy, Mary recounts her wartime life and subsequent life as a dress designer in the economic boom conditions of the 1950s and falling in love with a German Jewish refugee who clicked his heels when he met her family. It's all here, in Mary, Quite Contrary.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Canterbury
United Kingdom
Dimensions
Height: 215 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 12 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-911546-07-8 (9781911546078)
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Person
Mary Essinger was born in 1932. She attended Coalville's King Edward V11 Grammar School and after leaving school in 1946 went to work in factories before becoming a dress designer. Mary taught Spoken English for twenty-five years. In 2003 she published her first novel, Wounded Bird of Paradise. In 2007, two years after the death of her husband Ted, she published How to be a Merry Widow: life after death for the older lady. Mary regularly does stand-up comedy in Leicester.