{"product_id":"bloomsbury-old-rage-one-of-our-best-loved-actors-powerful-riposte-to-a-world-driving-her-mad-daily-mail-sheila-hancock","title":"Sheila Hancock - Old Rage","description":"\u003cp\u003e**THE SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLER**\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e_______________\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'I want to be Sheila Hancock when I grow up' Lorraine Kelly\u003cbr\u003e'Wise, witty, kind and true' – Sunday Times\u003cbr\u003e'A sparkling memoir as funny and insightful as it's moving' – Daily Mail\u003cbr\u003e'A captivating memoir' – Mail on Sunday\u003cbr\u003e_______________\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA gloriously irreverent memoir from the frontline of old age - by the Sunday Times -bestselling author and legendary actor\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSheila Hancock looked like she was managing old age. She had weathered and even thrived in widowhood, taking on acting roles that would have been demanding for a woman half her age. She had energy, friends, a devoted family, a lovely home. She could still remember her lines.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSo why, at 89, having sailed past supposedly disturbing milestones – 50, 70 even 80 – without a qualm, did she suddenly feel so furious? Shocking diagnoses, Brexit and bereavement seemed to knock her from every quarter. And that was before lockdown.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHome alone, classified as 'extremely vulnerable', she finds herself yelling at the TV and talking to the pigeons. But she can at least take a good long look at life – her work and family, her beliefs (many of them the legacy of her wartime childhood) and, uncomfortable as it might be to face, her future.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn Old Rage , one of Britain's best loved actors opens up about her ninth decade. Funny, feisty, honest, she makes for brilliant company as she talks about her life as a daughter, a sister, a mother, a widow, an actor, a friend and looks at a world so different from the wartime world of her childhood. And yet – despite age, despite rage – she finds there are always reasons for joy.\u003cbr\u003e_______________\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'The much-loved actor candidly shares the fear, joy and frustration she has found in her ninth decade' - Guardian, Books of the Year 2022\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Sheila Hancock reflects upon her life and career with all the winning candour and warm-heartedness we have come to expect from the legendary actress' - Waterstones\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Dead Sea Records","offers":[{"title":"Good","offer_id":51587478487352,"sku":"9781526647467","price":2.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0764\/5803\/3464\/files\/9781526647467.jpg?v=1767641075","url":"https:\/\/www.deadsearecords.co.uk\/products\/bloomsbury-old-rage-one-of-our-best-loved-actors-powerful-riposte-to-a-world-driving-her-mad-daily-mail-sheila-hancock","provider":"Dead Sea Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}