Nineteen Seventy-nine: A Big Year in a Small Town - Rhona Cameron > Reviews

Advantages: honest and thought provoking
Disadvantages: doesn't "finish" the story

I pick this book up in a charity shop a couple of weeks ago and it looked like the genre of book that would interest me. I first came across Rhona Cameron when she was in "I'm a celebrity get me out of here" and I enjoyed her sense of humour in the show but would not desrcibe myself as a big fan yet reading this book has made me into more of a fan. The synopsis of the book is that Rhona describes her journey from childhood to adulthood over ... Read review

Advantages: Compelling read, honest account
Disadvantages: Too short, lacks an 'end'

I'm unsure of how I first came across Rhona Cameron but either way, when I saw her book on play.com I felt I needed to buy it. I have a thing for learning more about 'out' comedians and seeing as comedians are usually very honest and open about themselves on the stage I figured the same would occur during an autobiography. This can deffinitely be said for 1979. Rhona retells her childhood growing up in Scotland with her parents, focussing mostly ... Read review