Aprons and Silver Spoons: The Heartwarming Memoirs of a 1930S Scullery Maid [Audiobook] download free by Mollie Moran
- Listen audiobook: Aprons and Silver Spoons: The Heartwarming Memoirs of a 1930S Scullery Maid
- Author: Mollie Moran
- Release date: 2013/1/9
- Publisher: PENGUIN BOOKS LTD
- Language: English
- Genre or Collection: Biography
- ISBN: 9780718159993
- Rating: 7.73 of 10
- Votes: 464
- Review by: Alonso Jude
- Review rating: 7.08 of 10
- Review Date: 2018/10/3
- Duration: 4H48M59S in 256 kbps (76.8 MB)
- Date of creation of the audiobook: 2018-08-14
- You can listen to this audiobook in formats: FLAC, MP3, MPEG4, WAV, WMA Lossless, WavPack, WMA, MPEG-4 DST (compression RAR, ZIP, ALZ, TZ, TAR.7Z, TAR.LZO)
- Total pages original book: 384
- Includes a PDF summary of 39 pages
- Duration of the summary (audio): 26M52S (7.8 MB)
- Description or summary of the audiobook: If you liked Downton Abbey and Upstairs, Downstairs, it's time to discover the reality in Mollie Moran's Sunday Times bestselling memoir, Aprons and Silver Spoons.'If you love Downton, this is right up your street!' Closer'This evocative memoir... provides a fascinating insight into a world that has long since disappeared' The Sun 'A vivid, entertaining and human glimpse into life in service during the 1930s complete with recipes, tips and photos' My Weekly'a wonderful book' Bookbag'A lovely story' MailonlineWhen young Mollie became a 'skivvy' in a stately London townhouse aged just 14, she quickly learned that a large amount of elbow grease and a sense of humour would be tantamount to surviving there. Through Mollie's eyes we are offered a fascinating glimpse into London's invisible 'downstairs', a world that has long-since vanished: cooking huge roast dinners, polishing doorknobs, scrubbing steps - and covering up her employers' scandals. Going to dances with her fellow servants and flirting with Harrods' errand boys, she had no idea that the oncoming war in 1939 would change her world, and that of those she served, forever...Discover the real hardships and rewards for a pre-war domestic servant in Mollie Moran's charming memoir Aprons and Silver Spoons.Mollie Moran is now ninety-six, living in Bournemouth where she still continues to demonstrate her skills in the kitchen by hosting huge dinner parties. Over eighty years after starting as a scullery maid in London, she still keeps in touch with Flo, the kitchen maid, and her life-long friend.
- Other categories, genre or collection: Social & Cultural History, Memoirs
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- Format: Paperback
- Approximate value: 10.85 USD
- Dimensions: 129x198x23mm
- Weight: 266g
- Printed by: Not Available
- Published in: London, United Kingdom
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