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Advantages: Excellent to see how shelia is getting along in life
Disadvantages: Can be a bit repetative.

'Tigers Child' written by the great Torey Hayden. Torey is a special needs teacher and psychologist, her stories are true and based on troubled children she comes into contact with via the classroom. 'Tigers Child' is the follow on to 'One Child' which I have written a brief review on. My husband bought this book for me so I'm not sure how much it cost and where he got it from(probably WHSmiths),but the rrp is £5.99. It's quite tricky written ...
...remember Shelia's and Toreys background. The story is set seven years later when Shelia comes back into Toreys life and is needing her help and guidance again. Shelia is now a teenage with masses of orange hair,but no longer troubled like she had been in 'One Child' although she is still searching for some answers.Torey has her work cut out to help Shelia,but this time it is to help her with her teenage years and make her way through to womanhood. ... Read review

Advantages: In depth life account. Pick up knowledge of sport. Will want to watch him.
Disadvantages: If you have zero knowledge of him or the sport then not recommended.

...account of his life upto the starting events of the Hatton - Mayweather fight. For all those people who have watched Ricky Hatton I would advise you to start reading the book. He goes int ogreat detail about all his fights, his training regimes, his relationships, the problems he gets with Frank Warren, and also dabbles a bit in his love for football. I didnt watch boxing before I purchased this book. I bought it out of curiosity, and I can definitely ...
...had a good understanding of the sport, this is a must read because what these professionals must go through is audacious, especially the gruelling training and workouts. Ricky Hatton delivers his story with humour while exploring his journey to become the best 10 stone fighter pound for pound. From medals to belts I am pretty certain he has not left anything out. A good read from a hard working well respected athlete. It will make you love the sport. ... Read review

Advantages: Beautifully written, moving, sharp and tormenting story.
Disadvantages: Slow in parts, not as comprehensive as an "auto-biography"

...he created classics such as the Duncton Chronicles and Skallagrig - one of my all time favourite books. When I discovered "The Boy With No Shoes" I was shocked to discover that this was the painful story of the author's childhood not ever having imagined that he could come from such a harsh physical, and particularly barren emotional background. The story is told set in the fictional coastal town of "Stoning" in Kent during the post Second World ...
...from boyhood into adult life, the place settings and characters are all fictitious but clearly based on the important people in the author's life. I would describe Horwood as a literary artist; the way in which he constructs language so that it translates into "images" is a skill that very few writers possess. The only other writer that I've encountered who stirs such an emotional reaction in me through the way they write prose is Sir Bob Geldof ... Read review

Advantages: Does tell of 3 mundane cases
Disadvantages: The tales are boring and uneventful

I have to admit that I was very dissappointed in this book. It is marketed as 'Three voices no one heard - until someone listened' The three people this story is about are: Casandra 'who refused to speak', this wasn't true, she did speak and was abusive in the main. Torey helped her to talk about her previous problems which we are never actually privy to as Torey stated that she was an habitual liar. Which isn't bad for somebody who doesn't speak. ...
...diagnose or recognise this, she is given a report by a parent of drake. He cannot speak before or after meeting Torey. Gerda, an elderly lady. Has had a stroke and doesn't want to speak. She rambles on about events in the past before dying. In my mind Torey did little to progress these cases and I am left wondering what the point of the book was. Besides raising cash from cases she has already financially gained from. You may ask why I continued ... Read review

Advantages: a Great read
Disadvantages: The ending.

...died in a plane crash, the second one. his first on is accounted in this book. The book recounts Richard's experiences as a fighter pilot in the second world war, in which he was shot down and spent months in hospital, undergoing painful and protracted plastic surgery. This book has been called ' One of the Classic works of world War Two' and it is. He was only 23 when he died and had studied at Trinity College, Oxford. He was called to duty during ... Read review