Gladys Reunited - Sandi Toksvig

Gladys Reunited

A Personal American Journey

(Autor)

Buch | Softcover
320 Seiten
2003
Sphere (Verlag)
978-0-7515-3328-6 (ISBN)
13,70 inkl. MwSt
By turns a biography, a travel journal and a portrait of American women today, GLADYS REUNITED is also a testimony to the value of friendship.
From the author of BETWEEN THE STOPS and TOKSVIG'S ALMANAC

In the Autumn of 1971, having been thrown out of a rather fancy private school, Sandi Toksvig was sent to the only remaining option - Mamaroneck High School, New York. She was thirteen years old and that year changed her life. Sandi auditioned and was chosen for the lead role in a production of The Skin of our Teeth by Thornton Wilder. Three girls were cast in the part of Gladys Antrobus, playing her at different ages of her life, and Sandi was the youngest. The three actresses soon became known as the Gladys' and this was the beginning of a friendship with a group of females that still influences her to this day. Soon all the girls in the cast and crew were becoming members of The Gladys Society. In the end there were twelve of them.

GLADYS REUNITED records Sandi's travels in America catching up with her eleven fellows. It is a biography, a travel journal and a portrait of American women today. It's about friendship but also about Sandi herself, as she explores the origins of her career as a performer and her sense of national identity - where exactly does she fit?

Sandi Toksvig was born in Denmark, brought up in Africa, then America and moved to the UK when she was fourteen. She has been on British stage, screen and radio for over forty years and was awarded an OBE for Services to Broadcasting. She is the mother of three children, married and lives in London.

Erscheint lt. Verlag 5.6.2003
Verlagsort London
Sprache englisch
Maße 126 x 196 mm
Gewicht 254 g
Themenwelt Reisen Reiseberichte Nord- / Mittelamerika
ISBN-10 0-7515-3328-9 / 0751533289
ISBN-13 978-0-7515-3328-6 / 9780751533286
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