Miranda's blog about the book Follow My Dreams

Dilemma

How to describe this book?
I have written this book in the first person using Arthur's words. Is it an autobiography or a biography?
Is there a better description? Arthur's own account.

Reader's comments:

"At first I was expecting a biography written by Miranda but it was an autobiography!"

"it is written like a professional biography. It is well written, edited and polished."

 "A fascinating insight into the life of Arthur Llewelyn. The memories described were very vivid and odd things reminded me of my younger days(like the £5 fine for pulling the communications cord). The writing was clear and I enjoyed the chapters I read although personally shorter chapters are always preferred!"

"I completed the first chapter from where Ivor's Boy is born right through to where he makes the biggest decision of his life to break away from that which everyone else did in Wales. He started studying the sciences. There were a few tongue-in-cheek moments - I particularly liked the breastfeeding episode on the train, which fascinated young Arthur, but he quickly found looking at the cows in the meadows more interesting! "

"A great deal of fascinating insight, as well as uncovering a number of potentially controversial facts concerning the bombing of Dresden"

"The book is a pleasure to read, particularly the relationships between Arthur and the people he met throughout his lifetime. The intimate relationship he formed with Joan is beautifully conveyed through letters and it is satisfying to watch their relationship blossom over 59 years, through difficult times and across continents."

"A fascinating account from the pint of view of both social and technological history"

"the way Arthur took the USAF's radar recce system by the scruff of its neck and improved it thousand fold was an enormous credit to him"

"a complex; highly intelligent; man of vision; years ahead of his time; self disciplined; independent; able to compartmentalise his career, his private life and his family"

"one of the father's of the Cambridge phenomenon"