Pages: 478Date published: 30/01/2018Date read: 30/06/2021 FINDING H’OM’E is a modern day version of the classic hero’s journey (with a girl). A compelling story of one woman’s journey from black market orphan to living in an affluent beach town with her picture perfect husband of twenty years and their three children. The tale is gutContinue reading “Finding H’OM’E – Maria Emmetti”
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Hungry – Grace Dent
Published by: Mudlark/HarperCollinsPages: 304Date released: 29/10/2020Date read: 03/04/2021 From an early age, Grace Dent was hungry. As a little girl growing up in Currock, Carlisle, she yearned to be something bigger, to go somewhere better. Hungry traces Grace’s story from growing up eating beige food to becoming one of the much-loved voices on the BritishContinue reading “Hungry – Grace Dent”
Sandwiched – Laurie James
Published by: She Writes PressPages: 300Date Released: 08/07/2021Date Read: 10/06/2021 Laurie James spent most of her life wondering what it means to belong; loneliness dictated the choices she made. She rarely shared this secret with others, however; it was always hidden behind a carefree and can-do attitude. When she’s in her mid-forties, Laurie’s mother hasContinue reading “Sandwiched – Laurie James”
Love, Interrupted – Simon Thomas
Published by: Trigger PublishingPages: 200Date released: 20/06/2019Date read: 19/07/2019 Simon Thomas (former Blue Peter presenter, and for so long, the face of Sky Sports Football) reveals how grief nearly destroyed him in his heart-breaking memoir. When Simon lost the woman he had loved for 16 years, the future he’d imagined for their happy family disappearedContinue reading “Love, Interrupted – Simon Thomas”
Everything I Know About Love – Dolly Alderton
Published by: PenguinPages: 368Date released: 07/02/2019Date read: 18/09/2020 When it comes to the trials and triumphs of becoming a grown up, journalist and former Sunday Times dating columnist Dolly Alderton has seen and tried it all. In her memoir, she vividly recounts falling in love, wrestling with self-sabotage, finding a job, throwing a socially disastrousContinue reading “Everything I Know About Love – Dolly Alderton”
After You’d Gone – Maggie O’Farrell
Published by: Tinder Press/HachettePages: 384Date released: 11/08/2008 (original published 2000)Date read: 18/04/2021 Alice Raikes takes a train from London to Scotland to visit her family, but when she gets there she witnesses something so shocking that she insists on returning to London immediately. A few hours later, Alice is lying in a coma after anContinue reading “After You’d Gone – Maggie O’Farrell”
Quite – Claudia Winkleman
Published by: HQPages: 248Date released: 01/10/2020Date read: 27/12/2020 Claudia Winkelman’s warmth, humour, no-holds-barred attitude and smoky eye have made her the favourite broadcaster of millions and a much-loved household name. In this, her first ever book, Claudia invites us all into her world. She shares her observations on topics such as the important of meltedContinue reading “Quite – Claudia Winkleman”
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