Born in 1947

Everyone has a year they arrived. If you were born in 1947, yours was a year of homecoming and rebuilding, of radio nights and the very first flicker of television, of new cars everyone was waiting for and a baby boom just getting underway. Born in 1947 is a large-print 80th birthday gift book: 132 short, warm entries about the songs, shows, films, prices, cars, sports, inventions and headlines of the year the birthday person was born. Unlike a general memory journal or a long history, it is light, easy on the eyes and built to be read one small story at a time, aloud at the party or quietly with a cup of tea. Unlike a trivia quiz, it never tests anyone; it simply remembers the year with them. Inside, you'll find: The headlines of a world rebuilding after the war, and the news at home The songs on the radio, the radio shows families gathered around and the first television sets The films, books, newspapers and stage openings of the year What things cost in 1947: bread, stamps, wages and houses, with every figure hedged The cars, trains and planes of the day, and the sports stories people talked about The inventions and discoveries that shaped the decades to come Home, kitchen, fashion and the first days of the baby boom A keepsake page to fill in with your own memories, plus a themed index Every fact was checked before it was written, every price is hedged, and the tone is always kind. It is a gift that says: your year mattered, and it is worth remembering.