About This Event

Blake Morrison is one of our most celebrated memoirists; his intimate portraits of his parents and family members explore how memory both reveals and distorts the past, and the shifting ways we come to understand those closest to us over time. In her first memoir, acclaimed novelist Louise Doughty explores one of life's great mysteries - the lives of our parents before we existed. They share their fascination with the pasts we inherit, the stories families tell and withhold and what it means to bear witness honestly to the unknowable inner lives of others. Chaired by Tiffany Murray . There will be a book signing after this event. Get ahead of your Festival reading and visit the Waterstones Cheltenham Literature Festival bookshop and support Cheltenham Festivals with every purchase.

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Hotels within walking distance of The Hive.

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