Necessary Aptitude, Paperback/Pam Ayres

Paperback edition of Pam Ayres' beautifully written memoir of her early life, growing up in a council house in rural Berkshire in the post-war years. 'Excellent... Unsentimental, especially about herself, Ayres gives a surprisingly moving account of what it was like to grow up poor in rural England without any 'aptitude' for making something of herself' }Mail On Sunday{