A marvellous life-enhancing book for all ages now a major animated film starring Jim
Broadbent Brenda Blethyn and Luke TreadawayUtterly original deeply moving and very funny
Ethel & Ernest tells the story of Raymond Briggs' parents' marriage lady's maid Ethel and
milkman Ernest from their first chance encounter in 1928 through the birth of their son
Raymond in 1934 to their deaths within months of each other in 1971.Told in Brigg`s unique
strip-cartoon format Ethel and Ernest live through the defining moments of the twentieth
century: the darkness of the Great Depression the build up to World War II the trials of the
war years the euphoria of VE Day and the emergence of a generation from post war austerity to
the cultural enlightenment of the 1960s.Ethel & Ernest is a heartfelt and affectionate tribute
to an ordinary couple and an extraordinary generation.
