All Together Now?: One Man's Walk in Search of a Lost England
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Mike Carter
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Review
A vital and powerfully moving book. -- Christopher Eccleston
Carter is a lovely writer, with an engaging, lyrical style . . . This important, disturbing and frequently heartbreaking book should be read by every politician in Westminster. -- Adrian Tempany ― Observer
A contemporary take on William Cobbett . . . Carter uses walking to sensitively investigate the state of the nation. ― Financial Times
An engaging blend of walking and talking . . . backed up by extensive reading and research. -- Blake Morrison ― Guardian
One of the best books I’ve read about how our country has changed since Thatcher, what devastation has been caused to traditional communities and industries . . . More insight into the state of the nation than any number of column inches . . . [Carter’s] reflections, based on his strong sense of history, struggle and nationhood, are insightful. ― Morning Star
Product Description
'This important, disturbing and frequently heartbreaking book should be read by every politician in Westminster.' Adrian Tempany, Observer
'In a few weeks' time, it would be thirty-five years to the day since those men and women had walked 340 miles to try to save their communities and their culture, and thirty-five years since I had turned down Pete's invitation to join them. I called work and booked some time off. Then I bought a one-way train ticket to Liverpool.'
In 1981, Mike Carter's dad, Pete, organised the People's March for Jobs, which saw 300 people walk from Liverpool to London to protest as the Thatcher government's policies devastated industrial Britain and sent unemployment skyrocketing. Just before the 2016 EU referendum, Mike set off to walk the same route in a quest to better understand his dad and his country.
As he walked, Mike found many echoes of the early eighties: a working class overlooked and ignored by Westminster politicans; communities hollowed out but fiercely resistant; anger and despair co-existing with hope and determination for change. And he also found that he and Pete shared more in common than he might have thought.
All Together Now? maps the intricate, overlapping path of one man's journey and that of an entire country. It is a book about belonging, about whether to stay or go, and about the need to write new stories for our communities and ourselves.
Book Description
The Road to Wigan Pier for the 21st Century.
About the Author
MIKE CARTER is a freelance travel writer. His previous book, One Man and His Bike, followed what happened when his cycle ride to work one morning turned into a 5,000-mile cycle ride around the coastline of Britain. In 2008 Uneasy Rider, the chronicle of his motorbike ride of over 20,000 miles to the four extremes of Europe, won the Oldie Travel Book of the Year. @getcarter7
Product Overview
- ISBN: 9781783351572
- Author(s): Mike Carter
- Publisher: Guardian Faber Publishing
- Pages: 400
- Format: Paperback