Not A Games Person

Oct 4, 2024 1:27 AM

Author:Julie Myerson

Not A Games Person

P.E. You either loved it or hated it, looked forward to it or dreaded it, but we've all been forced to do it. Sometimes a note could get you out of it, but the following week there you'd be again, writhing on a cold and dusty gym floor in your underwear.

Skinny, timid, knock-kneed Julie Myerson was 'not a games person', according to her teachers. In this touching, funny and occasionally devastating exploration of her childhood, she now asks the question: why not?

Reviews

A fond, dreamy memoir of childhood

—— The Times

An engaging study of fear and confidence in the game of life

—— Lisa Gee , Independent

If you wish to discover exactly how our pasts can be transformed into literature, read Julie Myerson

—— Guardian

Warm, witty and perhaps a little sad

—— Ann Widdecombe , New Statesman

I identified with [it] utterly

—— Jacqueline Wilson

A wonderfully slim, toned book by the naturally and metaphorically lean Julie Myerson

—— Ian Sansom , Guardian

The adult Myerson coaxes memories from her younger self, and the result as a gentle, subtle quality that makes this a light, yet thoughtful, read

—— Sarah Vine , The Times

The pictures she paints ... are so tangible you can almost feel the stinging cold of the wind whipping across a sports field and smell the unforgettable odour of school changing rooms

—— Birmingham Post

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