Ruskin Park, Rory CellanJones
Ruskin Park, Rory CellanJones
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Ruskin Park
Sylvia, Me and the BBC

Author: Rory Cellan-Jones

Narrator: Rory Cellan-Jones

Unabridged: 8 hr

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 09/07/2023


Synopsis

'A captivating family detective story and a poignant social history of Britain.' - Observer After an isolated childhood of silence and secrets, Rory Cellan-Jones (broadcaster, Parkinson's podcaster and Sophie-the-rescue-dog owner) began a journey of discovery. Although he knew he was the child of a love affair between colleagues at the BBC, it wasn’t until his mother died and left him a file labelled 'For Rory' that he understood the true scandal and sadness of his parents' relationship, and the reasons for his fatherless upbringing. A compelling, tender and emotive memoir of his difficult but ultimately heroic mother, Ruskin Park is also a tribute to an entire generation of women who were never given the chance to realise their potential.
'Ruskin Park is so much more than a memoir. It is a tribute to an individual woman and a whole generation and class.' - Justin Webb, Sunday Times 'Ruskin Park is Rory Cellan-Jones's touching tribute to both his parents, but particularly to the mother he came to know more fully from the letters she left behind' - Daily Mail

Reviews

Goodreads review by Sarah on September 30, 2023

I pre ordered this book because I’ve always enjoyed the author’s technology reports on the BBC, and then of course I followed his adoption of a rescue dog, Sophie, from Romania. I listen to the Movers and Shakers podcast, about a bunch of friends who shared a diagnosis of Parkinson’s. I have relativ......more

Goodreads review by Rachel on September 14, 2023

Wonderful Tribute I started following Rory Cellan-Jones on Twitter when I became obsessed with his story of his family’s adoption of #sophiefromromania. Daily, I still look for updates on how this beautiful dog is learning to trust and love her new family. But then Rory started posting photos of some......more

Goodreads review by Ainsley on September 18, 2024

3.5⭐️ I'm so sorry Rory 😭 I just think memoirs aren't for me. There was nothing wrong with the book, it was well written and interesting but I wasn't reaching for the book. The book is interesting but I found it hard to relate to it and I also kept getting mixed up with the characters. I'll still be......more

Goodreads review by Catullus2 on September 23, 2023

A bitter sweet memoir highlighting women’s lives in post war Britain.......more

Goodreads review by Jan on November 01, 2023

I've been following Rory on Twitter/Instagram for a while, like many I started off due to his dogs (the dog-napping of Cabbage first alerted me, and then later Sophie) but in recent months there have been an increasing number of tantalising posts about this book and I've been looking forward to read......more