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Talks // Coming up // FBF: David Baddiel in Conversation
17 October
Thursday
7:00pm

FBF: David Baddiel in Conversation

On the surface, David Baddiel’s childhood was fairly standard: a lower-middle-class Jewish family living in an ordinary house in Dollis Hill, north-west London. But David came to realise that his mother was in fact not ordinary at all. Having escaped extermination by fleeing Nazi Germany as a child, she was desperate to make her life count, which took the form of a passionate, decades-long affair with a golfing memorabilia salesman. David’s detailing of the affair – including a hilarious focus on how his mother turned their household over to golf memorabilia, and an eye-popping cache of her erotic writings – leads to the inescapable conclusion that Sarah Baddiel was a cross between Jack Niklaus and Erica Jong.

Meanwhile, as Baddiel investigates his family’s past, his father’s memories are fading; dementia is making him moodier and more disinhibited, with an even greater penchant for obscenity. As with his mother’s affair, there is both comedy and poignancy to be found: laughter is a constant presence, capable of transforming the darkest of experiences into something redemptive.

My Family: The Memoir is David Baddiel’s candid examination of his childhood, family and memory, offering a twisted love letter to his parents.

This event is part of Falmouth Book Festival running from 14-20 October. For more info visit the website www.falmouthbookfestival.com

This event is being held at The Princess Pavillions: 41 Melvill Rd, Falmouth TR11 4AR

Falmouth Book Festival: David Baddiel in Conversation
 
Thursday 17th October, 7:00pm 

Tickets: £10/£6

A £1 Poly Fund payment is added to each ticket sold

 
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