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|genre=Children's Non-FictionLifestyle|summary=I worried when I looked at this book: ''GrowThis isn't a diet book. The last thing anyone needs is another diet book.'' There was a time, not that long ago, when it said, ''A family guide was thought that sugary food was better for you than food with high-fat content. Fat was the demon food which was going to growing fruit elevate your cholesterol and veg''cause heart disease. Sugar was a carbohydrate, so good. Why did it worry me? Well, itThere's a mere 48 pages problem, though. Sugar is addictive and can hijack your brain in much the cover says that it includes ''Games, stickers same way as drugs like heroin and MORE!'' cocaine. I have weighty tomes which don't completely cover what I need to know about growing fruit and veg, so wasn't this going to fall a little shortDoes that sound over the top? Well, it doesnisn't - not at all.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1782404511</amazonuk>

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Simon McGrath1635866847|title=Camping With KidsThe Lavender Companion|author=Jessica Dunham and Terry Barlin Vesci

|genre=Home and FamilyLifestyle|summary=When my daughter was young it used to be joked It's strange, the things that if a child asked on his fifth birthday to go camping and make you told him ''immediately'' feel that he could in five yearsthis is the book for you. Before I started reading ''The Lavender Companion'' time, heI visited the author'd be s [https://www.pinelavenderfarm.com/ website] and there 's a picture of a slice of chocolate cake on his tenth birthday, all kitted up and ready to gothe homepage. These days the discussions - I don't eat cakes and delaying tactics desserts - are more likely to be about technology - and mobiles in particularbut I wanted that cake viscerally. Whilst it(There's wonderful that children ''do'' embrace technologya recipe in the book, it shouldnwhich I't be at m avoiding with some difficulty!!) Then I started reading the expense book and I was told to make a mess of getting out it. Notes in the fresh air, being free margins are sanctioned. You get to fold down the corners of pages. You suspect that smears of screens and having an adventure - preferably with all the family doing it butter would not be a problem. I ''togetherloved''this book already.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0749576979</amazonuk>

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Pippa Mattinson0760381267|title=Choosing the Perfect PuppyVerdura: Living a Garden Life|author=Perla Sofia Curbelo-Santiago|rating=43.5|genre=PetsLifestyle|summary=If you have ever''The most important part of a garden is the one who enjoys it''. I've 'gardened' in a vague, indefinite sort of way for even a fleeting moment, thought about getting more than half a puppy, you really ought to read this bookcentury. Too many people are carried away in the heat I know (most of ) the moment basics but life has changed and I needed 'projects'must'' have rather than a particular breed and go ahead without any thought about the consequencesgeneral commitment to gardening. They then have to live with the problems which ''mightVerdura'' have been avoided with its promise of projects for a decade or more. The puppy both indoors and outdoors of varying complexity seemed like the adult dog also has to live with an owner who might not be able to accommodate his needsanswer. [[:Category:Pippa Mattinson|Pippa Mattinson]] is my go-to author on matters dog related: she talks sense. She doesn't try to talk you out of getting a particular breed or any puppy: she simply presents the facts and allows you to make your own decisions.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1785034375</amazonuk>So, how did it stack up?

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Patrick Mbaya1394159544|title= My Brain Is Out Of Control|rating= 4|genre= Home and Family|summary=Dr Patrick Mbaya was enjoying life as a consultant psychiatrist, husband and father. His career was going well and he enjoyed making ill people better. His marriage was solid and fulfilling and his two children were exploring their potential, often through the uplifting power of music. Life was good. But then...|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1524636649</amazonuk>}}{{newreview|author= John Williams|title= My Son's Not Rainman: One Man, One Autistic Boy, A Million Adventures|rating= 3.5|genre= Autobiography|summary=In 2012, stand-up comedian John Williams was encouraged by his work colleagues to write a show charting his experiences as the parent of an autistic boy. After registering the domain name: ''My Son's Not Rainman,'' he also decided to write a blog to share his funny anecdotes and experiences. After a shaky start (''I had a handful of followers. Three of them were my brothers''), the blog eventually went viral as it increased in popularity with parents who felt a connection with John and 'The Boy'. This book fills in some of the gaps in the story, starting with 'The Boy's' early childhood and ending, appropriately, on his thirteenth birthday, when he suddenly became 'The Teen'.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1782433880</amazonuk>}}{{newreviewRecycling for Dummies|author=Margery Allingham and Julia Jones|title=Beloved Old Age and What to Do About it: Margery Allingham's the RelaySarah Winkler|rating=4.5|genre=Home and Family|summary=We remember [[:Category:Margery Allingham|Margery Allingham]] as a novelist from the golden age of crime, perhaps not as famous as Agatha Christie or Dorothy L Sayers but certainly well regarded by those who appreciate good writing and excellent plotting. Her last completed book was not a novel but ''The Relay'', a combined account of caring for three elderly relatives, (Em, Maud and Grace) between 1959 and 1961 and suggestions as to how other people might achieve a good old age for their relatives. Margery died in 1966 and ''The Relay'' was never published in the form in which it was written.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1899262296</amazonuk>}}{{newreview|author=Georgina Rodgers|title=Peace of Mind: A Book of Calm for Busy Mums|rating=3

|summary=The promise ''Recycling one ton of a book bringing me calm was too much plastic can save up to resist! There it is, in the title, my job description (busy mum16.3 barrels of oil..well, that's just ' ''Recycling one ton of my jobs!) paper can save 17 trees from being cut down.'' If you send an apple core to landfill, it will take between 6 months and that elusive state that many mums seem to be trying 2 years to find, peace of minddecompose. I have A glass bottle will take up to say1 million years. As a just-post-WWII baby, I was looking forward to some insightful revelations into changing faced a dilemma: reducing, reusing and recycling is part of my lifeDNA. I think NEVER throw away anything that might ''possibly'' come in handy now or in the problem, however, was quickly apparent in future. NEVER buy anything if you can cobble together something that like a busy mum, who is trying to wear a hundred masks at would serve the same purpose. Almost everything can be used one more time, and carry out a multitude any purchase must pass the test of roles'Is this absolutely essential?' On the other hand, this book isnI suspected I was guilty of wishcycling: assuming that something must be recyclable (toothpaste tubes - I't entirely sure what m looking at you) and dropping it's trying to bein the kerbside bin. Yes, with everything from poetry I could go searching on the internet - and colouring to mindfulness and recipesget conflicting advice - but what I needed was a recycling bible.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1473635519</amazonuk>s

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Carl-Johan Forssen Ehrlin0760378134|title=The Rabbit Who Wants To Fall AsleepFirst-Time Gardener: Container Food Gardening|author=Pamela Farley

|genre=For SharingHome and Family|summary=Roger If you've ever thought how good it would be to be able to pop out into the Rabbit wanted to fall asleep, garden and pick some fruit and vegetables for a meal – but somehow he couldnrealised that you wouldn'tknow where to start, no matter how hard he triedthis is the book you need. It wasn't that he didns comprehensive: you't do much during the dayll cover everything from why you should grow your own food, because he what you're going to grow, what you'didll grow it in (both containers and soil), where you'll put these containers, how you' but sometimes he was so tired that he could fall asleep ll water and fertilise them and you finish the main part of the book with a handy section on the swingstroubleshooting. There's also a good glossary. One night Mummy Rabbit took Roger to see Uncle YawnSo, who had a notice outside his house saying ''I can make anyone fall asleep'' and once Roger went home (is it was actually quite difficult for him to get there as his eyes kept closing) he went straight to bed and fell asleep.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0241255163</amazonuk>any good?

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn= Jessica Lahey1529149800|title=The Gift of FailureThings You Can Do: How to step back and let your child succeed|rating= 4|genre= Home Fight Climate Change and Family|summary= Lahey's introduction claims ''today's over-protective failure-avoidant parenting style'' is responsible for the caution and fear she witnesses in young people every day in her job as a secondary school teacher, causing them to dislike learning. She goes on to claim that, through this parenting style, we have inadvertently taught our kids to fear failure at all costs.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1780722443</amazonuk>}}{{newreviewReduce Waste|author=John Kemp|title=Caring for Shirley|rating=4|genre=Autobiography|summary=John Kemp's wife, Shirley, suffered from dementia and loss of coordination and for eight years he was her full-time carer as she was unable to walk unaided (well, she ''could'' - but it was likely to result in a serious fall) Eduardo Garcia and took care of all her most personal needs. Probably the most heart-breaking part of this is that Shirley didn't recognise John as her husband - apart from 'give us a kiss', the question 'where's John?' was usually the first which sprang to her lips in any situation. Although she could often have quite an affable disposition she was capable of kicking and biting when she was being 'encouraged' to do something which she didn't want to do.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1479374245</amazonuk>}}{{newreview|author=Jan Robinson|title=Tips From WidowsSara Boccaccini Meadows

|summary=I'm not We begin with a widow telling story. All the birds and I secretly hope that I never will be, but I picked up ''Tips From Widows'' animals fled when a close friend (who is supporting someone who knows that becoming a widow is frighteningly close) mentioned the need to plan what forest fire took hold and most of them stood and watched, unable to think of anything they could do. The death of a husband must be devastating, even terrifying, but as next tiny hummingbird flew to the river and began taking tiny amounts of kin you have certain responsibilities water and there are some things which you must doflying back to drop them into the fire. Who better to give advice than other women who have experienced The animals laughed: what must be good was that doing. ''I'm doing the best I can'', said the hummingbird. And that, really, is the worst thing only way that life we will solve the problem of climate change – by each of us doing what we can throw at them?|amazonuk=<amazonuk>140886553X</amazonuk>, however small that might be.

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=June Andrews1849767009|title=Dementia: The One-Stop Guide: Practical advice for families, professionals, and people living with dementia and AlzheimerIt Isn's Diseaset Rude to be Nude|author=Rosie Haine

|genre=ReferenceFor Sharing|summary=Worldwide there This could have been one of those books which 'preaches to the choir': the only people who'll buy it are probably as many as 44.4 million the people who suffer from dementia know that nudity is OK and many times the ones who ''know'' that number of family, friends, carers it's shameful will avoid it like they avoid the hot-and relatives -bothered person in the supermarket who are affected by what is happening coughing fit to the suffererbust. There's no cure, but But... Rosie Haines makes itinto something so much more than a book about not wearing clothes. It's not terminal a celebration of bodies: bodies large and small and the symptoms (memory loss would seem to be the most common, but in some cases there are hallucinations, sexual or verbal disinhibition, not being able to work things out, difficulty in learning something new, finding your way about, or coping of every possible hue. Bodies with the normal symptoms of aging) affect everyone involveddisabilities and markings. If you talk to people who are aging then itThey's not uncommon for them to say that re fine. In fact, they'd rather have cancer than dementia as you're unlikely to be an endless burden on other peoplewonderful.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1781251711</amazonuk>

 {{newreviewFrontpage|isbn=1504321383|title=The Art of Making ShadowsSingle, Again, and Again, and Again|author=Sophie CollinsLouisa Pateman

|genre=EntertainmentAutobiography|summary=Winter is almost upon us ''You can't be happy and the evenings fulfilled on your own. You are getting darkernot complete until you find a man''. However, rather than bemoaning  This was what Louisa Pateman was brought up to believe. It wasn't unkind: it was simply the lack of sunshine, how about putting a positive spin on the situation and viewing adults in her life advising her as to what they thought would be best for her. It was reinforced by all those long, dark evenings as fairy tales where the perfect opportunity to hone your shadow-casting skills? Shadow-play girl (she's usually fairly young) is an art form rescued by the handsome prince who then marries her so that has endured through they can live happily ever after. Few girls are lucky enough to be brought up ''without'' the ages expectation that they will marry and yet still has the power to enchant and entertainhave children. So grab It was a lamp, gather round and get ready to create barking dogs, flying birds belief and it would be many years before Louisa would conclude that ''a belief is a whole menagerie of shadow characterschoice''...|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1905695454</amazonuk>

{{newreviewFrontpage|isbn=Graff_Find|title=Flowerpot Farm: A First Gardening Activity BookFind Another Place|author=Lorraine HarrisonBen Graff

|summary=When Ben Graff's grandfather Martin handed him a plastic folder of handwritten notes from his journal, he didn'Hospice Voices't take much notice of it. At the age of 24, Graff didn' tells t realise the stories gravity of the last days of some fascinating people while it follows author Eric Lindner through his journey as a hospice volunteer and a crisis in his own daughter's healthpages he was holding. |amazonuk=<amazonuk>1442220597</amazonuk>

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Jean M Twenge and W Keith CampbellGoodland_Worth|title=The Narcissism Epidemic: Living in the Age of Entitlement|rating=4.5|genre=Politics and Society|summary=Twenge and Campbell have been studying the rise in narcissism as a social trend. They are well-qualified to comment, having worked since 1998 with social psychologist Roy Baumeister, who pioneered research in this field. At more than three hundred pages itIt's rather weighty for the popular market at which it's aimed, but even if you only dip into this book, I think you'll take home their message.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1416575987</amazonuk>}}{{newreviewWorth a Try|author=Judy Bartkowiak|title=Be a Happier Parent with NLPNicola Goodland

|summary=BabiesThis is how Nicola Goodland introduces her book, unlike new cars, don't come with 'It's Worth a manual. There are always plenty Try'': ''I wanted to write this kind of people, each with their own unique advice, happy to stick an oar in on whatever parenting issues you're facing, but book because when I have often found as was a mum young woman, ladies and gents told me that I'm left confused they suffered from abuse of some kind as children and floundering, wondering which piece of conflicting advice is least likely only found the courage to permanently damage my little ones! I've watched Supernanny. I've read talk about how to have a contented babyit as adults. So seeing Maybe this book, with such a nice, positive title, I had to give can deter children from becoming future abusers and stop abuse so it a go!|amazonuk=<amazonuk>144411056X</amazonuk>goes away for good.''

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Umberto Eco and Jean-Claude CarriereHigashida_Fall|title=This is Not Fall Down Seven Times, Get Up Eight: A Young Man's Voice From the End Silence of the Book;Autism|author=Naoki Higashida and David Mitchell|rating=4.5|genre=EntertainmentHome and Family|summary=In many ways, Naoki Higashida was only 13 years old when he wrote the cover of my edition of this international best-seller ''The Reason I Jump''. The book is perfectly appropriate. Huge, bold serif script, with nothing but was popular because it gave a rare glimpse into the typeface; a declamatory instance workings of the art in autistic mind, as told from the most common unique perspective of fontsa teenager with non-verbal autism. Naoki communicates by using an alphabet grid, and that perfect semi-colon at or by tracing letters on the end palm of the book's name - proving that that itself is not the be-all and end-alla transcriber. Buy Despite this bookslow and laborious method of writing, he has published several books in his native Japan and manages to give public presentations to raise awareness of his condition. Fall Down 7 Times Get up 8 reintroduces us to Naoki as you can, a young adult in electronic form, his 20s and you might see this cover for ten seconds at most, but it is so much part and parcel of what's withinexplains how his perspectives on life have changed since writing his first book.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0099552450</amazonuk>

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Simon BarnesBialik_Girling|title=How to be a BAD BirdwatcherGirling Up|author=Mayim Bialik

|summary=''Look out This book arrived on my desk to cries of the window.''<br>Amy Farrah Fowler''See s written a birdbook?''<br>or ''Enjoy it.'No, that'<br>s Blossom''Congratulationsdepending on your generation. You are now Mayim Bialik is or was both, of course, but in addition to being a well-known sitcom actress, she is also a birdwatcherneuroscientist (and the only PhD on The Big Bang Theory, except for the characters).Aimed at teenagers, this book focuses on growing up as a girl, or ''|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1780720866</amazonuk>Girling up'' if you will, and what it means to transition from school girl to grown-up, via that hideous detour of teenage years.

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Brett CohenMattinson_Puppy|title=Stuff Every Dad Should KnowChoosing the Perfect Puppy|author=Pippa Mattinson|rating=4.5

|summary=For an object lesson in how important the little things areIf you have ever, for even a fleeting moment, thought about getting a puppy, consider you really ought to read this book. Too many people are carried away in the heat of the moment and ''must''s titlehave a particular breed and go ahead without any thought about the consequences. This is not one of those collections of trivia or whimsies for fathers to appear cool They then have to their children (ten great variations on tag; 6,000 good records live with the problems which ''might'' have been avoided for a decade or more. The puppy and the adult dog also has to ween your daughter off Justin Bieber), it's live with an owner who might not that kind of knowledge on offerbe able to accommodate his needs. Here instead [[:Category:Pippa Mattinson|Pippa Mattinson]] is practical information on rearing your own little thing, and in a quiet way this pocket diarymy go-sized volume has the cojones to expect author on matters dog related: she talks sense. She doesn't try to stick around being useful for talk you out of getting a generation, as it starts at budgeting for children in particular breed or any puppy: she simply presents the first place, facts and goes from the actual birth allows you to marrying them offmake your own decisions.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1594745536</amazonuk>

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Emma SmithRaskin_Grow|title=The Cambridge Shakespeare Grow: A Family Guideto Growing Fruit and Veg|author=Ben Raskin

|summary=Does the world need another I worried when I looked at this book: ''Grow'', it said, ''A family guide to Shakespearegrowing fruit and veg''. Why did it worry me? Well, it's plays? There are plenty about a mere 48 pages and students these days have the added resource of the Internet to get the basics. However, if cover says that it doesincludes ''Games, then this is as good as any you will find. Itstickers and MORE!'' I have weighty tomes which don's nicely written t completely cover what I need to know about growing fruit and beautifully clear and above allveg, succinct. In fact Iso wasn'm doing a disservice t this going to Emma Smith already by terming it fall a guide to his playslittle short? Well, because she also includes the poems and sonnetsit doesn't - not at all.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>052114972X</amazonuk>

{{newreviewFrontpage|author=Roman Krznaric|title=The Wonderbox: Curious Histories of How to Live|rating=5|genre=History|summary='How should we live?' asks author Roman Krznaric. To answer this ancient question, he looks to history. 'I believe that the future of the art of living can be found by gazing into the past', he says. Creating a book which is as full of curiosities as a Renaissance 'Wunderkammer', he has a stab at the big questions: love, belief, money, family, death. The result is a pot-pourri of delights which left this particular reader stimulated and invigorated.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1846683939</amazonuk>}}{{newreview|authorisbn=Susan MaushartMcgrath_Camping|title=The Winter of Our Disconnect: How One Family Pulled the Plug and Lived to Tell/text/Tweet the Tale|rating=4|genre=Home and Family|summary=Back in early 2009 Susan Maushart - a single mother of three teenagers - came to the conclusion that the family plugged into their workstations, TVs, DVD players, iPods and gaming consoles at the expense of normal relationships, or what we’ll come to call Real Life. She included herself in this - her relationship with her iPhone was about the strongest she had outside of her children - and she decided that something drastic had to be done. So began the winter of our disconnect - six months without screens of any description, mobile phones or listening devices in the home. You think that’s not enough of a shock to the system? Nor did Susan - she started off with two weeks without any power in the home.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>184668465X</amazonuk>}}{{newreviewCamping With Kids|author=Mikael Krogerus and Roman Tschappeler|title=The Question BookSimon McGrath

|summary=There are lots of avenues of support for those dealing with infertility, but what happens When my daughter was young it used to be joked that if a child asked on his fifth birthday to go camping and you do finally get pregnant? Youtold him that he could in five years' time, he're still dealing with d be there on his tenth birthday, all kitted up and ready to go. These days the scars, both emotional discussions - and delaying tactics - are more likely to be about technology - and physical mobiles in particular. Whilst it's wonderful that infertility can leave behindchildren do embrace technology, but it might seem callous to ask for help from other friends from your support network who themselves arenshouldn't yet pregnant. This book aims to be a helpful guide that discusses everything from pregnancy to birth to parenting after birth at the expense of getting out in the light fresh air, being free of your history screens and having an adventure - preferably with infertilityall the family doing it ''together''.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0749954019</amazonuk>

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Steve RoudWilliams_Son|title=The Lore of the Playground: The ChildrenMy Son's World - Then and NowNot Rainman: One Man, One Autistic Boy, A Million Adventures|author=John Williams|rating=43.5

|summary=Like many reviewers In 2012, stand-up comedian John Williams was encouraged by his work colleagues to write a show charting his experiences as the parent of an autistic boy. After registering the hardback edition, I thoroughy enjoyed reading this bookdomain name: ''My Son's Not Rainman, '' he also decided to write a nostalgic excursion into my own childhood games blog to share his funny anecdotes and rhymesexperiences. ItAfter a shaky start (''s quite fun to identify the regional context I had a handful of childhood lorefollowers. It cleared up for meThree of them were my brothers''), the blog eventually went viral as it increased in popularity with parents who felt a South-East Londoner, connection with John and 'The Boy'. This book fills in some of the exact nature of a hitherto mysterious game called tag. If you have already delved into gaps in the classic 'story, starting with 'The Lore and Language of SchoolchildrenBoy's' by Iona early childhood and Peter Opie (1959)ending, you might find this book adds little for a general readership. For the specialistappropriately, Ion his thirteenth birthday when he suddenly became 'The Teen'm sure this book will take its rightful place in the scholarly literature on childhood culture.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0099505274</amazonuk>

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Judy BartkowiakMbaya_Brain|title=So You've Passed Your Driving Test... What Now? Advanced Driving Skills For Young DriversMy Brain Is Out Of Control|author=Patrick Mbaya

|summary=It's always struck me that the most difficult time for young drivers is that period just after they pass Dr Patrick Mbaya was enjoying life as a consultant psychiatrist, husband and father. His career was going well and he enjoyed making ill people better. His marriage was solid and fulfilling and his two children were exploring their driving test. Someone has told you that you're an OK driver, right? ''But'' you're out there, all on your ownpotential, without anyone to explain those odd things which you still haven't come across or to be often through the extra pair uplifting power of eyesmusic. Life was good. You've got a sense of freedom, but somehow it's a little bit ''daunting''But then. Judy Bartkowiak offers something a little bit different. It's not another book about road signs, driving etiquette and stopping distances – it's some ideas for getting into the right mindset to absorb the new experiences and learning some skills which might help you in other areas of your life too.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1908218371</amazonuk>

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Anthony T DeBenedet and Lawrence CohenAllingham_Beloved|title=The Art of RoughhousingBeloved Old Age and What to Do About it: Good Old Fashioned Horseplay Margery Allingham's the Relay|author=Margery Allingham and Why Every Kid Needs It Julia Jones|rating=4.5

|summary=Rather than running around outdoorsWe remember [[:Category:Margery Allingham|Margery Allingham]] as a novelist from the golden age of crime, going for bike rides perhaps not as famous as Agatha Christie or Dorothy L Sayers but certainly well regarded by those who appreciate good writing and building dens, lots of children nowadays end up spending hours watching TV or playing computer gamesexcellent plotting. Play times in school are often very regimented and in some schools certain games like 'British Bulldog' and Her last completed book was not a novel but 'Leapfrog' and even The Relay'Tag' have even been banned. Children are discouraged from physical play, for fear that they will hurt themselves and also through the fear that those responsible for them will find themselves facing a lawsuit if someone does get hurt. This book aims to support the thinking that very physical play is good combined account of caring for children; that unless they face risks in their lives three elderly relatives, (Em, Maud and learn to assess those risks, or experience a few bumps Grace) between 1959 and bruises 1961 and learn suggestions as to get up and carry on, then they will lack vital life skills how other people might achieve a good old age for their future adult livesrelatives. Margery died in 1966 and ''The Relay'' was never published in the form in which it was written.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1594744874</amazonuk>

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Diane AckermanRodgers_Peace|title=One Hundred Names For LovePeace of Mind: A Stroke, a Marriage, and the Language Book of HealingCalm for Busy Mums|author=Georgina Rodgers|rating=4.53|genre=LifestyleHome and Family|summary=Diane Ackerman's husband, Paul West, had been in hospital for three weeks with The promise of a kidney infection and book bringing me calm was just rejoicing too much to resist! There it is, in the fact that he was to go home the next daytitle, my job description (busy mum.. As Diane watched , Paul suffered a massive stroke. The effects were catastrophicwell, but worst that's just one of allmy jobs!) and that elusive state that many mums seem to be trying to find, the man who had been a brilliant wordsmith was robbed peace of his power of speech and lost his extensive vocabularymind. It's eight years since this happened and the intervening years I have been a constant battle to improve Paul's speech and restore say, I was looking forward to some joy to his insightful revelations into changing my life. There have been ups – and many downs – but despite a brain scan indicating I think the problem, however, was quickly apparent in that Paul might well be like a vegetable he has since his stroke written books. His vocabulary will never be back busy mum, who is trying to wear a hundred masks at the same time, and carry out a multitude of roles, this book isn't entirely sure what it was's trying to be, but it remains impressive with everything from poetry and, strangely enough, many of the words which he finds easiest colouring to use are those which he encountered a number of years agomindfulness and recipes.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>039307241X</amazonuk>

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Oliver JamesEhrlin_Rabbit|title=How Not The Rabbit Who Wants To F*** Them UpFall Asleep|author=Carl-Johan Forssen Ehrlin|rating=4.5

|summary=Child psychologist Oliver James can be relied on Roger the Rabbit wanted to fight his cornerfall asleep, whether itbut somehow he couldn's about affluent society or toxic parentst, no matter how hard he tried. Now It wasn't that he puts didn't do much during the first three years of life under day, because he did but sometimes he was so tired that he could fall asleep on the microscope and argues equally vehemently that parents need swings. One night Mummy Rabbit took Roger to identify their own needs accurately and build their children's care into a 'good enough' frameworksee Uncle Yawn, in order for the whole family to flourish. He's who had a controversial figure whose interest in parenting goes back to notice outside his own childhood house saying I can make anyone fall asleep and once Roger went home (yes, you've guessed it, was actually quite difficult for him to get there as his parents where psychoanalystseyes kept closing). He argues the case for modifying childcare decisions he went straight to accord with parenting styles while avoiding working mums' guilt trips: “'Why embracing your own parenting style is best for you bed and your child,' as the cover has itfell asleep.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>009192393X</amazonuk>