The books worth looking out for this month.
Books
September Book Reviews
This month, Linda reviews three books written by Richard Osman, Freida McFadden and Matt Haig. The Thursday Murder Club – Richard Osman In a peaceful retirement village, four unlikely friends meet up once a week to investigate unsolved murders.But when a brutal killing takes place on their very doorstep, the Thursday Murder Club find themselves […]
Book Reviews
Book Reviews The Tattooist of Auschwitz In 1942, Lale Sokolov arrived in Auschwitz-Birkenau. He was given the job of tattooing the prisoners marked for survival – scratching numbers into his fellow victims’ arms in indelible ink to create what would become one of the most potent symbols of the Holocaust.A fantastic book from start to […]
Book Reviews
Tina Turner: My Love Story: (Official Autobiography) An icon in music history, beautifully told story with strength, tenacity and faith. This book is very moving, I knew some of the Tina Turner story but this book goes into more detail than ever before. I found it extremely moving, very sad but also it was great […]
Normal service will be…
Whatever Normal service is, will be resumed… errm , not sure really!
Onion Therapy Book Launch
Over 100 guests attended the launch of Paula Reed’s book, “Onion Therapy” on 5th May at Mountsorrel Memorial Centre. Â The book was also co-written by Soar Valley Life’s Editor and Writers’ Coach, Steve Johns. Onion Therapy is the story of Paula’s life, looking for answers to the biggest health issues of our modern age. For […]
A Life on Fire by Bill Ford
Steve has been very busy in his spare time over the last 12 months helping a friend write his memoirs. That friend is Bill Ford who, until July of 2016, was the Managing Director, and former President and Chairman of the Great Central Railway. Bill Ford has led the most amazing life running his family […]
Driving Mr Ford – In a Toyota!
Over the last year I (Steve) have been helping a friend write his memoirs. Most Fridays I’d spend two or three hours with him whilst he talked about his life and work. Each weekend I’d write my notes up into chapters until, some 12 months later, we were ready to publish. (See page 28) We […]
