This beautiful, sorrowful book tells the story of a man raised by wolves, and the woman that rescues him when he's taken into the mental health system. Robin is still reeling from her split from her philandering cop husband and starting over with her teenage son in their home town, when she happens one day …
A Makeup Look Made Entirely From Samples? Why not.
Ok, so to be fair, they're pretty awesome, high end samples, but still. This is something I sometimes do if I'm travelling because I like to pack lightly. Travel sizes are great too, but if you pop some samples in your bag they're even tinier and you're likely to use the whole thing in the course …
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My life as a writer and blogger…and why I hate the phrase “you’re so lucky”.
Every now and then people will wrinkle an eye brow at me and ask about my accent. They usually guess Canadian, but I'm Australian. It's almost always followed up with questions about why I'm crazy enough to have moved from paradise to London... A week or two ago I wrote a bit about how I …
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The Confessions Of A Failed Southern Lady by Florence King
I picked this book up almost accidentally. I love stories about women in the Southern states of America, they tend to be warm, funny stories that you can laugh and cry over and the women in them are good friends to each other. I think they call it GritLit, because the women have got grit, …
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How To Wear Shirts Now: Classic Style with Hawes & Curtis.
Every wardrobe should have a crisp shirt in it. They go with everything, they always look stylish. But to my mind, they're worth spending a little money on to get a good fit and proper lines. An ill fitting shirt can be so unflattering. So when a classic British brand sent me a shirt from their …
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Three Organic and Exotic Wise Owl Tea Blends!
As you guys know, I'm a huge tea fan, and I love Wise Owl's range of organic herbal teas made by a company right here in London. This week they sent me three more samples that I'm really excited to share with you. (For the record, this is not a sponsored post, and all opinions are …
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The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver
In 1959, Nathan Price, a zealous Baptist preacher from Georgia, with his wife and four daughters go to a village in the Belgian Congo to preach and convert the people. The story is told from the very different perspectives of Orleanna, the wife, her beautiful eldest Rachel, her twins, pious Leah and silent Adah, and …
#iblogbecause
The lovely John Sennett got in touch with me last month about his campaign #iblogbecause, which is designed to raise a bit of positivity and love in the blogging community. He asked me to write a post about the reasons why I blog, and post to the hashtag. You can find John on Twitter @JohnRdToVol, …
Illumination Night by Alice Hoffman
When difficult teen Jody is sent to live with her grandmother, she sets her eyes on her neighbours husband, Andre. Andres' wife, Vonny, is not blind, but the families money problems and their son Simons health are bigger problems right now. It's a story about love, loneliness and the things we leave unsaid. The characters …
Survival Lessons with writer Alice Hoffman
As you probably know, this year I've been reading all Alice Hoffman's books, which has been a lovely experience, and I'm quite sad that I've nearly read them all. Thankfully she's still writing more, with another coming out soon. Hoffman often writes about small town, suburban America, with magic realism often a theme. Her books …
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