Life and Death in 1960s London

Join authors David Aaronovitch and Jeremy Gavron at the Edinburgh International Book Festival.

In 1965, Jeremy Gavron’s mother killed herself in eerily similar circumstances to Sylvia Plath. In A Woman on the Edge of Time, Gavron’s search for the person behind this tragedy reveals patterns which restricted so many women of that era. Around the same period, David Aaronovitch was growing up with communist parents. And then cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin came to town… In Party Animals, the acclaimed journalist maps the hopes and fears of British Marxists.

Jeremy Gavron's memoir A Woman on the Edge of Time searches for the mother who was never talked about as he grew up. Discovering letters, diaries, and photos, Gavron is able to paint a picture of a brilliant but complex young woman grappling to find an outlet for her creativity, sexuality, and intelligence.

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