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Definitely one of the oddest childhood memoirs I’ve read

Germs: A Memoir of Childhood by Richard Wollheim

September 3, 2021 by elderberrywine Leave a Comment

Bingo Square Rep But not what you think.  Let Wollheim explain. “. . . such was the hope, I would, in saying one thing after another after another after another, each with a grain more of truth to it than its predecessor, come to spill the beans: I might, if only the ear stayed steady, and that was another hope, find myself, with one broad archaic gesture, scattering the germs.” Wollheim was born in England between the two wars to a German Jewish theatrical producer […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Book Club, History, Non-Fiction Tagged With: childhood, England between the Wars, on the spectrum, Richard Wollheim, Visual Fragments

elderberrywine's CBR13 Review No:16 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Book Club, History, Non-Fiction · Tags: childhood, England between the Wars, on the spectrum, Richard Wollheim, Visual Fragments ·
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