{"product_id":"bookworm-9781784709228","title":"Bookworm : A Memoir of Childhood Reading","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhen Lucy Mangan was little, stories were everything. They opened up new worlds and cast light on all the complexities she encountered in this one.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShe was whisked away to Narnia - and Kirrin Island - and Wonderland. She ventured down rabbit holes and womble burrows into midnight gardens and chocolate factories. She wandered the countryside with Milly-Molly-Mandy, and played by the tracks with the Railway Children. With Charlotte's Web she discovered death and with Judy Blume it was boys.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNo wonder she only left the house for her weekly trip to the library or to spend her pocket money on amassing her own at home.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn Bookworm , Lucy revisits her childhood reading with wit, love and gratitude. She relives our best-beloved books, their extraordinary creators, and looks at the thousand subtle ways they shape our lives.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShe also disinters a few forgotten treasures to inspire the next generation of bookworms and set them on their way.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLucy brings the favourite characters of our collective childhoods back to life - prompting endless re-readings, rediscoveries, and, inevitably, fierce debate - and brilliantly uses them to tell her own story, that of a born, and unrepentant, bookworm.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: Lucy Mangan\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eMemoirs, Children’s \u0026amp; teenage book reviews \u0026amp; guides, Fiction companions, Gift books\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 7 Mar 2019 by Vintage Publishing.\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Lucy Mangan","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57320752611706,"sku":"9781784709228","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0373\/4125\/files\/9781784709228.jpg?v=1790660462","url":"https:\/\/belfastbooks.co.uk\/products\/bookworm-9781784709228","provider":"Belfast Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}