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|title=How to Disappear Completely: on modern anorexia
|author=Kelsey Osgood
|rating=4
|genre=Autobiography
|summary=To the awkward 14 year-old Kelsey, a happy family and a comfortable suburban life are dull and numbing. A self-professed bookworm and fan of the literary greats, she craves meaning and purpose in an utterly normal teenage existence.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0715647539</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|title=Sorcerers and Orange Peel
|summary=Simon Dawson really had no intention of leading a life of self-sufficiency - he accidentally fell into the beginnings of it at a New Year's Eve party which was a little too noisy for him to be completely certain what it was he was agreeing to. But even then there was no need for it to go too far. After all, this man's heart was in London and he was an estate agent - a member of the profession whose place at the top of the opprobrium ladder was only made wobbly after a serious PR campaign on behalf of journalists and politicians. But his wife was determined that she couldn't stand being a property solicitor any longer and so they sold their flat in London and rented a property on Exmoor and Simon began a weekly commute - weekends in Devon and most of the week in London.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1780285019</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Barbara Arrowsmith-Young
|title=The Woman who Changed Her Brain: How We Can Shape our Minds and Other Tales of Cognitive Transformation
|rating=4
|genre=Autobiography
|summary=Imagine feeling like a stranger in your own body, unable to comprehend the world around you. Symbols, words and numbers swirl in an unintelligible mix on the page and make no sense at all. Activities that others perform with ease are a struggle for you, leading to deep feelings of frustration. This was the challenge that Barbara-Arrowsmith-Young faced daily as a result of her complex learning disabilities. Her intense feelings of despair even caused her to attempt suicide.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0099563584</amazonuk>
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