Gladys Reunited: A Personal American Journey

by Sandi Toksvig

Book Overview

From the author of BETWEEN THE STOPS and TOKSVIG'S ALMANAC In the Autumn of 1971, having been thrown out of a rather fancy private school, Sandi Toksvig was sent to the only remaining option - Mamaroneck High School, New York. She was thirteen years old and that year changed her life. Sandi auditioned and was chosen for the lead role in a production of The Skin of our Teeth by Thornton Wilder. Three girls were cast in the part of Gladys Antrobus,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0751533289
• ISBN13: 9780751533286
• Release Date: June 2003
• Publisher: Time Warner Trade Publishing
• Length: 306 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.0" x 7.8"

Customer Reviews

Great book

This is a great book. Travel with humour and insight, it satisfies at every level.

Comedienne revisits her past

I much prefer Sandy Toksvig's non-fiction writing to her novels. Here she provides a twist to the (too easy) choice of a childhood memoir by focusing on a play put on by her high school drama class and links it with the current vogue for quest-based books by attempting to relocate her co-stars in a kind of "friends reunited " adventure. The structure of the book - a series of vignettes as she meets various chums of long ago - plays to Toksvig's strengths as she deftly outlines characters and finds the humor in some absurd social situations. She clearly embarked on something of a spitiual journey in trying to reunite the Gladys Society and it is a testament to her skill as a writer that she is able to take her readers along with her.