Showing posts with label memoirs. Show all posts
Showing posts with label memoirs. Show all posts

Friday, March 16, 2012

Head Over Heels in the Dales Review

Head Over Heels in the Dales
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This is book two of a series about a school inspector in Yorkshire and it is delightful. (You should read book one first if possible). I was first drawn to it because of my enjoyment of James Herriot's books but after just a few pages I was hooked on it for its own merits. Any one who is a parent, a teacher, or just a lover of children will enjoy this. It is a gentle story with a running thread of romance but the primary emphasis is on the children and the teachers in the various schools inspected by Mr. Phinn. He obviously loves his job and is passionate about helping children reach for the stars. I'm really looking forward to books three and four.

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Gervase Phinn, school inspector, begins his third year with a spring in his step for in April he will marry Christine Bentley, head teacher of Winnery Nook School. But before then he has to suffer the wicked repartee of his fellow inspectors on the subjects of love and marriage. The well-named Mrs Savage still attempts to exert her power via incomprehensible memos, and Connie continues to rule the Staff Development Centre with a broom of iron and duster of disapproval at any dirty marks. In the schools themselves Gervase Phinn faces every challenge with humour that is rarely far from the surface.

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Monday, January 9, 2012

Unstoppable in Stilettos: A Girl's Guide to Living Tall in a Small World Review

Unstoppable in Stilettos: A Girl's Guide to Living Tall in a Small World
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I read this book in basically one sitting because it was too good to put down. Lauren has such a unique voice. It made me feel like I could take on my biggest dreams...but of course not without a little hard work. But that's what so great about Lauren and this book. She doesn't make it sound easy - she inspires to WANT to work your hardest and reach your potential. I haven't read many "inspirational/self help" books, but this is so much more than that. At the end of the book, you really start to get know the author - I want to be her friend... No... best friend. :)

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How to Live Large Every Day and Kick Butt Along the Way!How does a girl who was originally predicted to live a wheelchair-bound existence become adventurous, self-assured, successful, and . . . unflappable? Standing 4 feet 2 inches tall in flats (which she would never be caught dead in, anyway), Lauren Ruotolo has spent her thirty-four-ish years seeing the world from a unique angle-upward facing. Lauren was born with McCune-Albright syndrome, a mysterious and rare genetic disease that researchers say occurs in anywhere between 1 in 100,000 and 1 in 1 million people. Some people with the condition tend to go the wheelchair route, but that was never a road Lauren wanted to travel. Her preferred method of transportation, instead, includes stiletto heels. Lauren has avoided the label of 'disabled' through uniquely discovering who she really is, and now you, too, can learn the secrets to living life in a big way.In Unstoppable in Stilettos, Lauren offers you 'Lauren's Lessons,' in which she shares her hard-earned wisdom and life experiences to offer you a unique brand of life philosophies that you can apply to any of the rights of passages you may be experiencing as a Twenty-first Century Woman, including:Navigating social pressuresAvoiding the label gameOvercoming insecuritiesCombating career confusion Turning rejection and obstacles into triumph Dealing with toxic peopleDiscovering true self-expressionand so much more.With Unstoppable in Stilettos you will have the tools to carve out your own path to self-confidence, success, and individualism . . . and have a blast along the way.Lauren Ruotolo is the director of entertainment promotions at Hearst Magazines in New York City, where she is responsible for developing strategic key partnerships with television and cable networks, music labels, and movie studios. She recently helped produce E!'s Style Network show about the inner workings at Marie Claire fashion magazine and is working on two one-hour specials with Scripps Networks for Esquire and Food Network Magazine. Lauren joined Hearst Magazines from TV Guide magazine, where she was the director of consumer marketing and promotions and created the first-ever newsstand promotion in the United States with a CD on the cover. Ruotolo's first-person essay, 'Get Shorty,' which shared her philosophies on living with the rare genetic disorder McCune-Albright syndrome, was published in Marie Claire magazine in 2009 and was one of the most responded-to articles in the magazine's history. Ruotolo is on the advisory board of GlamourGals Foundation, Inc., Love Our Children USA, and is an active member in the New York chapter of Women in Communications.Visit Lauren on Facebook, follow her on Twitter (Laurenjaenyc), or log on to www.unstoppableinstilettos.com and www.laurenruotolo.com.

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Wednesday, September 7, 2011

Heck on Heels: Still Balancing on Shoes, Love, and Chocolate Review

Heck on Heels: Still Balancing on Shoes, Love, and Chocolate
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It's hard to live life at full speeds when you have to delicately balance your feet. "Heck on Heels: Still Balancing on Shoes, Love, and Chocolate!" is a humorous memoir from Mary T. Wagner as she presents her own pursuits in life and faces everything thrown her way. Charming wisdom any woman would peruse, "Heck on Heels" is a very highly recommended and fun read.

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Praise for Heck on Heels
"Whether coping with aging parents or a new-found love, Mary Wagner brings wit and candor to stories that are universal in their appeal and revealing in their honesty."
-Paul Salsini, author
THE CIELO and SPARROW'S REVENGE
"Watch out...Mary T. Wagner will pin you right where you sit with her stilettos until you read all of her wonderful essays-and you won't even mind the heel marks!"
-Kris Radish, author
THE SHORTEST DISTANCE BETWEEN TWO WOMEN, DANCING NAKED AT THE EDGE OF DAWN, and others
"Mary Wagner writes beautifully about all the large and small things that make our lives memorable. From the mundane to the major, her meticulously worded prose places the reader at her side and into her thoughts on her journey as a mother, attorney, journalist and all those other roles that she and each of us assume as we wend our way though life. A great read!" -William Rawlings, authorCROSSWORD, THE TATE REVENGE and others"Mary's stories are thought provoking and entertaining. You feel the life in her words as you're reading them.-Gracie Hill, author
WHERE THE BROTHERS AT? and SORROWS OF THE HEART
"Both funny and touching, "Heck on Heels" is a wonderful slice of Midwestern life."
-Maureen Lipinski, author A BUMP IN THE ROAD: From Happy Hour to Baby Shower

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Friday, June 24, 2011

Red High Heels on My Mama's Grave Review

Red High Heels on My Mama's Grave
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An honest, down-to-earth reporting of one's life-changing experiences. You want to read the next chapter to see what happens next in the authors life. The book presents a multitude of themes that we each have experienced to some degree. Humor and insight make this a memorable read!

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"YOU ARE ONLY AS SICK AS YOUR SECRETS..." When Jackie Strickland, author of RED HIGH HEELS ON MY MAMA'S GRAVE, heard those words from her therapist, she knew she was on to something. This gripping memoir of madness and murder, set in the Deep South, in 1952, takes you to her raw and private places. Renouncing her fear of public opinion, she tells with unreserved honesty, about the repercussions she endured for many years after her mother was murdered when the author was eight. With fierce determination, courage and humor, the author found her personal truths, putting her on the victorious path to forgiveness and healing. If you have ever felt defeated, you will take heart while reading this book which pulls you up by the seat of your pants and points you straight ahead to resolution.

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