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Advantages: A compelling factual read
Disadvantages: Slight repetition in parts

...product of a very mundane family with only a minimal number of skeletons in our closets, I was hooked and ordered the title immediately. The uncovering of this fact led Lanchester to a realisation of how little he actually knew about his parents’ lives and to a recognition that his upbringing had been permeated by his mother’s “ enquiry suppression field, in which there were things you couldn’t ask, psychic places you couldn’t go and wishes you ...
...hidden areas by means of family archival documents, interviews with family members and historical research makes for fascinating reading. Lanchester traces his mother, Julia’s life from her Irish roots as the eldest of eight in a comparatively poor family in County Mayo, though her education to her entry as a postulant into a Roman Catholic order, her subsequent leaving of that order and training as a nurse , followed by her re-entry into holy orders ... Read review

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I'm not sure why I bought this book. I'd been swept along with the country's fascination in the most strained love story to hit the headlines for many years. If it hadn't have been for Jill Morrell's desperate attempts to keep people focussed on her boyfriend's situation, I doubt that his or Brian Keenan's name would be as well known as they are now, or indeed whether they would even be alive. As it was, we got to see Jill's campaigns, felt for her ...
...that she would marry her prince charming when he was free. A weighty tome, the story starts with a brief introduction to their blossoming relationship, and it's established that these are two, well-suited individuals who worked hard at the profession of journalism. John McCarthy was young, good looking, charming and covering the news in Beirut during 1986. Before he could complete his journey back home after a couple of months away, he was captured ... Read review

Advantages: Great book !
Disadvantages: na

I dont even know if this will reach Jenny Tomlin but I am hoping that she someone will read this I am very touched and feel like I have been touched by an Angel after reading this book. Jenny you are an amazing lady, you are so strong willed and I think that your endurance has paid off. I have found a way to a better life after reading your book. I would have to say this is the best written book I have ever read. Your Sister Kim is also a strong ...
...reading the horrible parts of your childhood and how it all continued into adulthood. I am amazed that you never gave up hope, after so many dead ends, you stayed strong and grasped on to hope. I am a struggling single mother,at 22 and trying to make the best life for me and my son. I had him at 18 and although I was upset that his father refused to meet him, and probably never will, my views have changed after reading your book, and I now think ... Read review

Advantages: Easy to read, informative
Disadvantages: Nothing

The book mainly focuses on the mental side of Jonny Wilkinson's career. The best part of the book for me would be all the quotes included. These were always a source of motivation. The book outlined his fears and hopes for the present and the future. The book gives a clear and somewhat detailed account of the psychological attributes needed to make the top level in the rugby union world. Anyone interested in not only Jonny Wilkinson but rugby in ... Read review

Advantages: A fantastic enthralling read.
Disadvantages: Some strong language, dialect ( not a problem though ).

...follow up to its predecessor, Weerz me dad?, but unlike wanting to know where his dad was, Fred states that he always knew where his mother was, for in those days, Fred knew exactly where his mother was, she was in the house which is where most working class mothers were in those days. Few mothers both worked and raised young families then, unlike the present day way of life. The book is simply more true stories of Fred's early life in the post ...
...final pages entitled 'Fallout from Weerz me dad? Calls from Australia, a book signing are mentioned together with a touching instance involving St Lukes Hospice, which could explain his passionate support for that charity. My views. I was somewhat puzzled when I eventually managed to get hold of the book, for it appeared to have sold out before it touched a shop bookshelf, as it seems Fred did not actually write it. Whether he approved it before ... Read review