The Resource A pocketful of happiness [Kiosk], Richard E. Grant
A pocketful of happiness [Kiosk], Richard E. Grant
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- Summary
- Richard E. Grant emigrated from Swaziland to London in 1982, with dreams of making it as an actor, when he unexpectedly met and fell in love with renowned dialect coach Joan Washington. Their relationship and marriage, navigating the highs and lows of Hollywood, parenthood and loss, lasted almost forty years. When Joan died in 2021, her final challenge to him was to find 'a pocketful of happiness in every day'. This honest and frequently hilarious memoir is written in honour of that challenge - Richard has faithfully kept a diary since childhood, and in these entries he shares in raw detail everything he has experienced : both the pain of losing his beloved wife, and the excitement of their life together, from the role that transformed his life overnight in Withnail & I to his thrilling Oscar nomination thirty years later for Can You Ever Forgive Me? Told with candour in Richard's utterly unique style, A Pocketful of Happiness is a powerful, funny and moving celebration of life's unexpected joys
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 324 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9781398519473
- Label
- A pocketful of happiness [Kiosk]
- Title
- A pocketful of happiness [Kiosk]
- Statement of responsibility
- Richard E. Grant
- Subject
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- Actors -- Great Britain -- Diaries
- trueActors and actresses
- Autobiographies
- Biographies
- trueBritish people
- trueCancer
- Grant, Richard E, 1957- -- Diaries
- Grant, Richard E, 1957- -- Marriage
- trueHappiness
- trueHusband and wife
- Lungs -- Cancer | Patients | Family relationships -- Diaries
- trueMarriage
- Married people -- Great Britain -- Diaries
- Motion picture actors and actresses -- Great Britain -- Biography
- Motion picture actors and actresses -- Great Britain -- Diaries
- trueSick persons
- trueTerminal illness
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Richard E. Grant emigrated from Swaziland to London in 1982, with dreams of making it as an actor, when he unexpectedly met and fell in love with renowned dialect coach Joan Washington. Their relationship and marriage, navigating the highs and lows of Hollywood, parenthood and loss, lasted almost forty years. When Joan died in 2021, her final challenge to him was to find 'a pocketful of happiness in every day'. This honest and frequently hilarious memoir is written in honour of that challenge - Richard has faithfully kept a diary since childhood, and in these entries he shares in raw detail everything he has experienced : both the pain of losing his beloved wife, and the excitement of their life together, from the role that transformed his life overnight in Withnail & I to his thrilling Oscar nomination thirty years later for Can You Ever Forgive Me? Told with candour in Richard's utterly unique style, A Pocketful of Happiness is a powerful, funny and moving celebration of life's unexpected joys
- Biography type
- autobiography
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 11091422
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1957-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Grant, Richard E.
- Dewey number
- 791.43
- Illustrations
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- illustrations
- plates
- portraits
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
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- Grant, Richard E
- Grant, Richard E
- Motion picture actors and actresses
- Motion picture actors and actresses
- Actors
- Married people
- Lungs
- Label
- A pocketful of happiness [Kiosk], Richard E. Grant
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- Carrier MARC source
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- Content category
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- Content type MARC source
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- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Extent
- 324 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9781398519473
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia.
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations, portraits
- Specific material designation
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- Label
- A pocketful of happiness [Kiosk], Richard E. Grant
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
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- Content category
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- text
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- Content type code
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- txt
- sti
- Content type MARC source
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- rdacontent.
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- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Extent
- 324 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9781398519473
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia.
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations, portraits
- Specific material designation
- regular print
Subject
- Actors -- Great Britain -- Diaries
- trueActors and actresses
- Autobiographies
- Biographies
- trueBritish people
- trueCancer
- Grant, Richard E, 1957- -- Diaries
- Grant, Richard E, 1957- -- Marriage
- trueHappiness
- trueHusband and wife
- Lungs -- Cancer | Patients | Family relationships -- Diaries
- trueMarriage
- Married people -- Great Britain -- Diaries
- Motion picture actors and actresses -- Great Britain -- Biography
- Motion picture actors and actresses -- Great Britain -- Diaries
- trueSick persons
- trueTerminal illness
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