First Time Ever - A Memoir

A SUNDAY TIMES AND TELEGRAPH BOOK OF THE YEAR
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THE BOOKSELLER''S Most Picked Book in General Non-Fiction Round Ups of 2017

Peggy Seeger is one of folk music-s most influential artists and songwriters. Born in New York City in 1935, she enjoyed a childhood steeped in music and left-wing politics - they remain her lifeblood. After college, she travelled to Russia and China - against US advice - before arriving in London, where she met the man with whom she would raise three children and share the next thirty-three years: Ewan MacColl. Together, they helped lay the foundations of the British folk revival, through the influential Critics Group and the landmark BBC Radio Ballads series. And as Ewan-s muse, she inspired one of the twentieth century-s most popular love songs, -The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face-.

With a clear eye and generous spirit, Peggy writes of a rollerc