Gladys Reunited: A Personal American Journey
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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?
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0751533289
ISBN13:9780751533286
Release Date:June 2003
Publisher:Time Warner Trade Publishing
Length:306 Pages
Weight:0.60 lbs.
Dimensions:0.9" x 5.0" x 7.8"
Customer Reviews
2 ratings
Great book
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 16 years ago
This is a great book. Travel with humour and insight, it satisfies at every level.
Comedienne revisits her past
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 20 years ago
I much prefer Sandy Toksvig's non-fiction writing to her novels. Here she provides a twist to the (too easy) choice of a childhood memoir by focusing on a play put on by her high school drama class and links it with the current vogue for quest-based books by attempting to relocate her co-stars in a kind of "friends reunited " adventure. The structure of the book - a series of vignettes as she meets various chums of long ago - plays to Toksvig's strengths as she deftly outlines characters and finds the humor in some absurd social situations. She clearly embarked on something of a spitiual journey in trying to reunite the Gladys Society and it is a testament to her skill as a writer that she is able to take her readers along with her.
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