Old Rage
'One of our best-loved actor's powerful riposte to a world driving her mad' - DAILY MAIL
Published on 8. June 2023
Book
Paperback/Softback
304 pages
978-1-5266-4746-7 (ISBN)
Description
THE SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLER | WITH EXCLUSIVE NEW MATERIAL
'I want to be Sheila Hancock when I grow up' - Lorraine Kelly
'Wise, witty, kind and true' - Sunday Times
'A sparkling memoir as funny and insightful as it's moving' - Daily Mail
'A captivating memoir' - Mail on Sunday
In 2016, Sheila Hancock sat down to write a book about a serene and fulfilled old age. This is not that book.
In Old Rage, one of Britain's best-loved actors opens up about her tenth decade. Funny, feisty, honest, she makes for brilliant company as she talks about her life and takes an uncompromising look at a world so different from the one of her wartime childhood. And yet - despite age, despite rage - she finds there are always reasons for joy.
'The much-loved actor candidly shares the fear, joy and frustration she has found in her ninth decade' Guardian, Books of the Year 2022
'Sheila Hancock reflects upon her life and career with all the winning candour and warm-heartedness we have come to expect from the legendary actress' Waterstones
'I want to be Sheila Hancock when I grow up' - Lorraine Kelly
'Wise, witty, kind and true' - Sunday Times
'A sparkling memoir as funny and insightful as it's moving' - Daily Mail
'A captivating memoir' - Mail on Sunday
In 2016, Sheila Hancock sat down to write a book about a serene and fulfilled old age. This is not that book.
In Old Rage, one of Britain's best-loved actors opens up about her tenth decade. Funny, feisty, honest, she makes for brilliant company as she talks about her life and takes an uncompromising look at a world so different from the one of her wartime childhood. And yet - despite age, despite rage - she finds there are always reasons for joy.
'The much-loved actor candidly shares the fear, joy and frustration she has found in her ninth decade' Guardian, Books of the Year 2022
'Sheila Hancock reflects upon her life and career with all the winning candour and warm-heartedness we have come to expect from the legendary actress' Waterstones
Reviews / Votes
The much-loved actor candidly shares the fear, joy and frustration she has found in her ninth decade * GUARDIAN, BOOKS OF THE YEAR 2022 * This book should be required reading for EVERYONE! I was belly laughing but also reduced to tears. Sheila is the wisest of women ... I want to be Sheila Hancock when I grow up -- LORRAINE KELLY Sheila Hancock reflects upon her life and career with all the winning candour and warm-heartedness we have come to expect from the legendary actress * WATERSTONES * Sheila Hancock's memoir Old Rage promises to be funny, feisty and honest * IRISH INDEPENDENT, BOOKS OF THE YEAR 2022 * A warm and thoughtful memoirist ... Hancock discovers many reasons for joy and optimism - and you're quite likely to find yourself nodding in agreement with her. * WOMAN & HOME, The best non-fiction books to read in 2022 to inspire and enthral * Entertaining * SPECTATOR *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Dimensions
Height: 193 mm
Width: 126 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
216 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-5266-4746-7 (9781526647467)
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Sheila Hancock
Old Rage
'One of Our Best-Loved Actor's Powerful Riposte to a World Driving Her Mad' - Daily Mail
E-Book
06/2022
1st Edition
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
€9.49
Available for download
Sheila Hancock
Old Rage
'One of Our Best-Loved Actor's Powerful Riposte to a World Driving Her Mad' - Daily Mail
E-Book
06/2022
1st Edition
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
€9.49
Available for download
Person
Sheila Hancock, one of Britain's most highly regarded and popular actors, received a Damehood for services to drama and charity in 2021. Since the 1950s she has enjoyed a career across film, television, theatre and radio. Her first big television role was in the BBC sitcom The Rag Trade in the early 1960s. She has directed and acted for the Royal Shakespeare Company and the National Theatre. Following the death of her husband, John Thaw, she wrote a memoir of their marriage, The Two of Us, which was a number one bestseller and won the British Book Award for Author of the Year. Her memoir of her widowhood, Just Me, also a bestseller, was published in 2007, followed by her bestselling novel Miss Carter's War. She lives in London and France.