{"product_id":"9781837261987-retail-homework-a-memoir","title":"Homework: A Memoir","description":"'Moving, atmospheric, truthful, perceptive and hilariously funny - I loved it: a piece of our English history, the story of a vanished time, which feels close at hand but thoroughly gone. What a story. What a great story' TESSA HADLEY In  Homework , Geoff Dyer reflects on his childhood and what it means to come of age in England in the 60s and 70s, in a country shaped by the aftermath of the Second World War but accelerating towards change.  He was born in Cheltenham in the late fifties, the only child of a dinner lady and a planning engineer. Raised in a working-class area, Geoff and his mates found much joy recreating battles with their beloved Tommy guns, kicking a beachball around until its untimely death, and collecting anything and everything they could find; football cards, conkers and Action Man figures. When Geoff passes his 11-plus exams he gets in to a Cheltenham Grammar School, a school which drastically changes the trajectory of his life.","brand":"Book Grocer","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49204817625307,"sku":"9781837261987-RETAIL","price":33.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/2420d0b2-3e92-4a2a-9838-d93c6844e36e_e4249348-afcc-433e-a635-259b03a47e3c.jpg?v=1788187302","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/9781837261987-retail-homework-a-memoir","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}