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Restoration Heart is William Cash's 'restore-a-wreck' memoir of house and heart.
Breathtaking untold story . . . riotously colourful
A touching, entertaining memoir which traces the twin track restoration of a broken heart and dilapidated Shropshire Manor
Immensely readable . . . Laugh-out-loud funny, Restoration Heart is a delightful true story of love, hope and redemption by one of the foremost society writers of our day
An excellent memoir
This entertaining, often poignant, book is straight out of Waugh or Wodehouse
An endearing story of rebuilding and restoring
A funny and unexpectedly touching book
I read most of it in one exciting sitting. It's brilliant, gripping and sad. The personal romantic memoir is terrific
Hilarious . . . Restoration Heart conveys the transformative power of good architecture . . . this book is one to be treasured
Recommended . . . unexpected poignancy
A very amusing and candid memoir
I'm very much enjoying Restoration Heart
Cash emerges as a flamboyant character . . . a classically English romantic . . . Cash's transition is genuinely endearing
Recommended
Intriguing . . . wittily recounted and moving . . . This book will surely give heart to anyone embarking on a seemingly Sisyphean restoration job, be it of the house or of the soul
Cash, who has often written of society and scandal, is adept at setting dramatic scenes throughout his memoir. Yet there's another layer to Restoration Heart-an acute literary sense . . . Restoration Heart is buoyed by Cash's self-effacing humor. He's a romantic when it comes to love, and also writing
William Cash is the author of a Hollywood memoir and a biography of Graham Greene, The Third Woman. He writes for the Sunday Times Magazine, Telegraph Magazine and New Statesman. He is a two-time winner of Editor of the Year at the PPA awards and is chairman of the Catholic Herald.