A Long Life in the Making

A Long Life in the Making

Coming of age in the Jewish Gorbals and the

East End of London during the Wars

Ben Cohen, edited by Phil Cohen

“A nuanced appreciation of working -class life and culture in Glasgow’s East End. A vibrant, close-knit Jewish immigrant community wonderfully evoked in a memoir ripe with magnificent storytelling” Anthony Clavane

“A tantalising glimpse of another world emerges in these 1980s letters from a Glaswegian father to his estranged son. Memorable and hauntingly evocative.” Richard Kuper

“Acute, sometimes humorous observation of everyday life during the period of Red Clydeside. The account of medical training at the London Jewish Hospital in Stepney Green is equally rich. A fascinating autobiography and a treat to read.” – Paul Thompson