The Art of Unpacking Your Life
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Twenty years ago, they were the best of friends. When Connie invites her university gang on the...
On Helwig Street: A Memoir
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'"Whoever said beggars can't be choosers," my grandfather would remark when she was out of earshot,...
Age is Just a Number: What a 97 Year Old Record Breaker Can Teach Us About Growing Older
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Retired dental surgeon Charles Eugster rekindled a love of competitive rowing he'd neglected for...
Grow Your Own in Lancashire: How to Get the Best from the North West!
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A brilliant new book especially for the gardeners of the North West! Full of Grow Your Own (GYO)...
Feel Good 101
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THIS BOOK WON'T CHANGE YOUR LIFE But it might just help you change it yourself Only you can take the...
Knowledge Is Power
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Claim your fame in a sparkling PS4 exclusive game show quiz from the growing PlayLink range. Don’t...
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Open: A Toolkit for How Magic and Messed Up Life Can be
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Open: A Toolkit for How Magic and Messed Up Life Can Be is full of honest advice about the big, bad...
Erika (17788 KP) rated 3 Ninjas Kick Back (1994) in Movies
Sep 18, 2019 (Updated Sep 18, 2019)
Of course, now it's completely dated, but I still watch it.
The chapters jump between the present day as Lucy lives in her deceased grandfather’s (almost derelict) cottage in Donegal, her life in Sunderland as she is growing up, and her time as a student at University in London. Lucy’s life in Sunderland and London seem to be concerned with her striving to fit in to other people’s expectations of her - or what she perceives to be their expectations. Ireland gives her thinking space, where she can learn about herself and put her life in to perspective.
I can’t adequately express how much I loved this. It’s beautifully, poetically written, and it is so emotional. It made me think of my own relationship with my mother, how close we were when I was a child, and how I grew away. The resilience of women is so well described in this book.
I will most definitely look out for more from Jessica Andrews, and I’ll be recommending this book to everyone!
Many thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for my copy of this wonderful book.
Lost and Found in Johannesburg: A Memoir
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As a boy growing up in 1970s Johannesburg Mark Gevisser would play 'Dispatcher', a game that...