One Hundred Summers

Taking the reader on a journey from the dying embers of Edwardian England, through the trauma of two world wars, the hedonism of London in the 1980s and 'Cool Britannia' in the 1990s right up to the present day, One Hundred Summers is a portrait of a century as it was experienced by one extraordinary family.

Along the way, Vanessa Branson recalls the rough and tumble of her chaotic but happy post-war childhood; growing up alongside her older brother Richard, who was entrepreneurial even as a teenager, she would have a front-row seat at the birth of Virgin, one of the most remarkable success stories in British business. She goes on to share her many adventures in a fascinating life, from opening an art gallery on London's Portobello Road and founding an arts festival in Morocco, to turning an ancient palace into a world-famous hotel and finding a real-life Neverland in the Scottish island of Eilean Shona, where J. M. Barrie once wrote a screenplay for Peter Pan.

Touching, humane and at times heartbreakingly honest, Branson's family memoir is a vivid and charming tapestry of English eccentricity, fortune, fate and passion.

Luand cititorul intr-o calatorie de la jarul muribund al Angliei eduardiene, prin trauma celor doua razboaie mondiale, hedonismul Londrei din anii 1980 si „Cool Britannia” din anii 1990 pana in prezent, One Hundred Summers este un portret de un secol, asa cum a fost experimentat de o familie extraordinara. De-a lungul drumului, Vanessa Branson aminteste de duritatea si haosul copilariei sale haotice, dar fericite de dupa razboi; crescand alaturi de fratele ei mai mare Richard, care era antreprenor chiar si in adolescenta, avea sa aiba un loc in primul rand la nasterea Virgin, una dintre cele mai remarcabile povesti de succes din afacerile britanice.