Imagine growing up in a 1960s house in Birmingham where the Bible was the only book on offer, and then discovering the world of books and reading 📚 @kitdewaal and her siblings had a mother who shunned Christmas and cooking, believing the world would end in 1975. Caught between three worlds, Irish, Caribbean and British, Kit and her siblings knew all the words to the best songs, caught sticklebacks in jam jars and braved hunger and hellfire until they could all escape... 🎟️ https://henleyliteraryfestival.co.uk/whats-on/kit-de-waal/ #kitdewaal #withoutwarningandonlysometimes #unpredictablechildhood #childhoodmemoir #memoir #nonfiction #reading #books #lovereading #bookaholic #henleyparents #bookevents #bookfestival #rg9 #bookstagram #henley #WatchOnline #henleyonthames #virtual #henleyhomes #bookclubofinstagram #literaryfestival #booktickets #henleyevents #litfest #livestream #henleyliteraryfestival #henleymums #ticketsonsale