Young Shoulders

by John Wain

Young Shoulders

Genres: Fiction

192 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 1983

About the author

John Barrington Wain was an English poet, novelist, and critic, associated with the literary group "The Movement". For most of his life, Wain worked as a freelance journalist and author, writing and reviewing for newspapers and the radio.

Wain was born and grew up in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, the son of a dentist, Arnold Wain, and his wife Annie, née Turner. He had an older sister and a younger brother, Noel. After attending Newcastle under Lyme High School, he entered St. John's College, Oxford, gaining a first in his BA in 1946 and MA in 1950. He was a Fereday Fellow of St. John's between 1946 and 1949. On 4 July 1947, Wain married Marianne Uffenheimer (b. 1923 or 1924), but they divorced in 1956. Wain then married Eirian Mary James (1920 - 1988), deputy director of the recorded sound department of the British Council, on 1 January 1960. They had three sons and lived mainly in Wolvercote, Oxford. Wain married his third wife, Patricia Adams (born 1942 or 1943), an art teacher, in 1989. He died in Oxford on 24 May 1994.

Reviews

[Fiona · Rating 4 out of 5]

For most of the time I was mentally giving this book three stars, and then I reached the scene where the father almost has a breakdown trying to find his son. It was so perfectly written and realised and conceived. Heartbreaking.

[Jari · Rating 2 out of 5]

Beoordeling: 2,5 sterren. Het verhaal van het boek was wel goed maar ik vind Paul gewoon een raar personage en ik snapte zijn denkwijzen soms niet, wat het begrijpen van het verhaal wel wat moeilijker maakte.

[Lesley · Rating 4 out of 5]

A small book, but with beautifully constructed sentences.

[Peter Willoughby · Rating 5 out of 5]

I have just finished re-reading this excellent book.
Considering the subject matter of this book, a plane crash, there is every emotion covered.
A brilliant book, worth reading over and over.