Once in a House on Fire

This is a brilliant book. Brilliantly written, brilliantly thought, brilliantly remembered . . . Ashworth has written an extraordinary memoir; the only pity is that she had to live it to make itScotsman

Enchanting and thrilling . . . As a chronicle of northern working-class life in the seventies and eighties . . . it would be hard to better this book. It is extremely moving . . . It is also at time surprisingly, and gratifyingly, very funnyTim Lott, The Times

Full of energy, wit and a child's wide-open gaze . . . Andrea Ashworth escaped the fire to write a remarkable bookBlake Morrison, Independent on Sunday

One of the most extraordinary stories you will ever read of the triumph of the human spiritDaily Mail