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Collection of Hugo Gryn's scripts for radio 'God slots', bringing the wisdom and humanity of one of Britain's best-loved spiritual leaders to a new generation.
Collection of Hugo Gryn's scripts for radio 'God slots', bringing the wisdom
and humanity of one of Britain's best-loved spiritual leaders to a new
generation.
No biography of Gryn has ever been published, though his childhood memoir was a bestseller.
Contributions from Michael Buerk, Maureen Lipman, Tom Stoppard and others.
80th birthday commemoration of Hugo Gryn, who had a huge radio fanbase.
Foreword Michael Buerk \ Introduction Naomi Gryn \ Hugo's Anecdotage \ Jewish Calendar \ Five Books of Moses \ The Prophets and other books of the Bible \ Loving your Neighbour and the Stranger \ Hugo's Spiritual Heroes and the Jewish World \ Second World War and the Holocaust \ Glossary and Biographies \ Bibliography \ Index \ Acknowledgments.
Including more than 40 integrated photographs and additional tributes from Lionel
Blue, Martin Gilbert, Maureen Lipman, Oliver McTernan, Al Matthews, Julia
Neuberger, Roger Royle, Erich Segal and Tom Stoppard.
Extract reprinted in the Jewish Chronicle (UK) Friday 1st October 2010
'Gryn's daughter has compiled a fascinating, informative and often moving anthology of her father's short broadcasts.'
'This book serves to champion the God Slot. It is a collection of small pithy 'sermonettes' that capture Hugo's erudite thinking but also tell the story of his life, his family and the nation during those 17 years or so of broadcasting... Hugo Gryn's memorable reflections stand alone as an instructive, uplifting read '