“My life doesn’t happen in paragraphs” joked Galloway before reading from the second volume of her autobiography, ‘All Made Up.’ Galloway objects to the word ‘memoir’ and treats the real people in ‘All Made Up’ like fictional characters. I have fond memories of seeing Galloway when the volume ‘This is Not About Me’ was released, and she certainly did not disappoint. The extracts she read were hilarious at times, heartbreaking at others and always relatable. Members of the audience smiled with recognition as Galloway talked about the smells that took her back and laughed at her tales of high school that could have been their own. This was an entertaining talk, filled with nostalgia, that was over far too quickly.
RBS Main Theatre, Aug 26, 11.30am (12.30pm), £8.00 – £10.00, eibfpp45.
[cb]
Sections: by Camille Burns - ED2011 Book Reviews | Tags: Edinburgh International Book Festival, Janice Galloway
Also from ThreeWeeks...
ED2011 Book Review: Ted Nield – Why We Should Learn To Love Meteorites
Nield stepped onto the stage to talk about ‘Incoming!’ at the same moment that Tattoo fireworks exploded over our heads. Just as one big bang came at coincidentally the right...
ED2011 Book Review: Is It Possible To Be ‘Modern’ And British At The Same Time? (Alexandra Harris & Kathleen Jones)
‘Romantic Moderns’, the Guardian First Book Award prize winner, explores the fascinating relationship between the modernist movement in Britain and its romantic past, discussing figures such as Paul Nash and...
ED2011 Book Review: Ian Thompson – Jules Verne, Lover Of Scotland
How much did Scotland influence the second-most translated author in the world? The answer is an awful lot. Professor Ian Thompson related, in a slightly disjointed manner, the details of...
GET ALERTS OF NEW THREEWEEKS CONTENT: Click here to sign up to the free ThreeWeeks email
