Mother Hen
A Child of the Thirties
Published on 1. December 2022
Book
Hardback
116 pages
978-1-78963-324-5 (ISBN)
Description
This heart-warming memoir and collection of poetry written by Brenda Walker has been published posthumously by two of her children. Following Brenda's death, during the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020, her daughter Lynette discovered this touching personal account, which her mother had started writing in 2011. Lynette knew that her mother loved writing poetry, but finding her memories was particularly precious and something to cherish.
Included are more than thirty of Brenda's delightful and previously unpublished poems. Portraying people and life's events, from the everyday to the extraordinary, her poetic observations will strike an emotional chord, and make you smile, laugh and reflect.
Illustrated throughout with family photographs, this heartfelt tribute celebrates the life of a dearly loved mother and nana whose joyful spirit shines on.
Included are more than thirty of Brenda's delightful and previously unpublished poems. Portraying people and life's events, from the everyday to the extraordinary, her poetic observations will strike an emotional chord, and make you smile, laugh and reflect.
Illustrated throughout with family photographs, this heartfelt tribute celebrates the life of a dearly loved mother and nana whose joyful spirit shines on.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Gloucester
United Kingdom
Illustrations
27 photographs colour and black & white
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 11 mm
Weight
386 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-78963-324-5 (9781789633245)
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Person
Brenda Walker was born in Balham, London in 1931 and grew up in Muswell Hill, Walton-on-the-Naze, and Chelmsford, Essex, before and during the Second World War. Leaving school at 14, Brenda worked as a shorthand typist before meeting her future husband Reg and getting married in 1957. Brenda and Reg had four children and they lived in Dorking and Tadworth before emigrating to Perth in Western Australia. The family returned to the UK and lived in Epsom and Ewell where Brenda wrote her poetry. Subsequently, Brenda moved to Horsham in West Sussex where she wrote about her childhood memories growing up in the Second World War in London and Chelmsford. Her memoirs were written in 2011.
Brenda's memoir and poetry have been published posthumously.
Brenda's memoir and poetry have been published posthumously.
Content
Foreword; Preface; Introduction; Chapter One - Childhood Memories; Chapter Two; Chapter Three; Chapter Four; Chapter Five; Chapter Six; Chapter Seven - When Mum Met Dad; Chapter Eight - Where We Lived; Chapter Nine - Moving to Australia; Chapter Ten - epsom and ewell; Chapter Eleven - Moving on; Poetry; Final Words