All My Loving (el. knyga) (skaityta knyga) | Beth Kaplan | knygos.lt

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"A memoir of the vibrant mid-Sixties that illuminates both the real life and powerful imagination of an articulate Beatlemaniac spending a lonely year in Paris. In a series of poignant and humorous fantasies about her romance with Paul McCartney, a young Beth Kaplan writes her way into adolescence, the dawning of sexual awareness and the world of real boys."
" The child with the Beatles fixation finds her way deep into the reader's heart. "
--WAYSON CHOY, author of " The Jade Peony " and other books
" Lovely writing -- very revealing and very moving. "
--SUZETTE COUTURE, award-winning screenwriter/producer
" " All My Loving " is honest, evocative, beautifully written and very funny. "
--ROSEMARY SHIPTON, co-founder of Ryerson University's Publishing Program
" The gorgeous, heartfelt memoir of a lonely, imaginative girl growing up in 1964 with the Beatles as the soundtrack of her life. "
-- LAUREL CROZA, award-winning writer
" Kaplan's very rich portrait of a family and a time draws us inside her years as a misunderstood outsider. "
--JIM PURDY, screenwriter/director/producer
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Beth Kaplan's book about her great-grandfather, "Finding the Jewish Shakespeare: The Life and Legacy of Jacob Gordon ," was hailed by famed playwright Tony Kushner as "witty, shrewd and elegant." For years a professional actress, she now teaches memoir and essay writing at the University of Toronto and Ryerson University; in 2012 she was given University of Toronto ' s Excellence in Teaching Award.