Clinging to the Wreckage

by John Mortimer

Oh I love that book! I thought it was a great example of graceful writing, not just the right words, but also the right number of words. That’s one of the differences between memoirs and autobiography and particularly biography. Most memoirs are short. Mortimer just picked out things from his life. I read it years ago, but the picture of his father, who was a blind matrimonial lawyer, is still in my mind.