Bestselling author, Michele Guinness, was brought up in a practising Jewish family and is married to a retired Anglican clergyman. Michele worked for many years as a presenter, researcher and writer for national TV and radio, regularly contributing to Pause For Thought on BBC Radio 2. Michele contributes to a number of magazines, including Families First, Woman Alive, (where she had a cookery column for two years), Christianity and The Church of England Newspaper. Michele has written thirteen books, including: The Heavenly Party and Chosen.

• ContentsAcknowledgments 8Glossary of Hebrew terms 9Introduction 131 Of Pedigrees, Peers and Poverty 172 The Docta’s Bairns 413 Lessons in the Jewish Way of Life 734 A Very Anglican Education 1055 The Forbidden Books 1256 Unwelcome Revelations 1407 So Who Am I, Really? 1588 On the Streets 1759 Of Romance and Its Consequences 18710 In the Vicar Factory 21811 Mining, Striking and Finding Gold 22912 Sent to Coventry 25113 Of Work, Womanhood, Sex and Sensuality 27214 Auntie Beeb, the Blitz and Being in the Money 29215 In Red Rose County 30816 Let Children Be the Barometer 32017 The Years Roll By 339Some Favourite Traditional Recipes 351

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