{"product_id":"romany-and-tom-a-memoir","title":"Ben Watt: Romany and Tom [2015] paperback","description":"Ben Watt's father, Tommy, was a working-class Glaswegian jazz musician, a politicised left-wing bandleader and a composer. His heyday in the late fifties took him into the glittering heart of London's West End, where he broadcast live with his own orchestra from the Paris Theatre and played nightly with his quintet at the the glamorous Quaglino's. Ben's mother, Romany, the daughter of a Methodist parson, schooled at Cheltenham Ladies' College, was a RADA-trained Shakespearian actress, who had triplets in her  first marriage before becoming a leading showbiz columnist in the.sixties and seventies. They were both divorcees from very different backgrounds who came together like  colliding trains in 1957.\u003cbr\u003e   \u003cbr\u003e  Both a personal journey and a  portrait of his parents, Romany and Tom is a vivid story  of the post-war years, ambition and stardom, family roots and secrets,  life in clubs and in care homes. It is also about who we are, where we  come from, and how we love and live with each other for a long time.","brand":"Watt, Ben","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":44456367718690,"sku":"9781408845103","price":4.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/files\/watt-ben-ben-watt-romany-and-tom-2015-paperback-9781408845103-60084203422035.jpg?v=1731825314","url":"https:\/\/chaptersbookstore.com\/products\/romany-and-tom-a-memoir","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}