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|author=Astrid Lindgren

|title=A World Gone Mad: The Diaries of Astrid Lindgren 1939-45

|rating=4

|genre=Autobiography

|summary=Before she became a world famous author, Astrid Lindgren worked as a secretary, and as a wife and mother. She kept a diary, and throughout the war maintained her own personal record of world events, commenting on political situations as well as her own day to day activities and struggles. She writes in a fresh and candid manner, and her observations are both personal and astute.

|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1782272313</amazonuk>

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{{newreview

|author= John Williams

|summary=As a university student at Glasgow, Bee Rowlatt first encountered the proto-feminist Mary Wollstonecraft through her epistolary travel narrative, ''Letters from Norway''. This book is her homage to Wollstonecraft as well as an attempt to pinpoint why this particular work has meant so much to her over the years and helped her form her own ideas about feminism and motherhood. From Norway to Paris and then San Francisco, Rowlatt follows in Wollstonecraft's footsteps and asks everyone she meets how modern feminism and motherhood can coincide. By using a Dictaphone, she is able to recreate her dialogues exactly, making for lively, conversational prose.

|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1846883784</amazonuk>

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~~|author=Diana Melly~~

~~|title=Strictly Ballroom: Tales from the Dancefloor~~

~~|rating=4.5~~

~~|genre=Autobiography~~

~~|summary=''Crosswords and Sudoku will help but the best way to avoid dementia is to take up ballroom dancing.''~~

Diana Melly heard these words at a conference organized by the Alzheimer's Society. It was a subject close to her heart, as she had recently lost her dear husband George to lung cancer and vascular dementia. The reason that ballroom dancing is so effective at warning off the ageing process is because it requires a form of coordination that effectively rewires the brain; activating the cerebral cortex and hippocampus. The lecture piqued Diana's interest and soon she was signing up for lessons at a local dance class. Little did she know that this would open up a whole new world to her; a world of sequins, heels, glitterballs and lifelong friends.

~~|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1780722540</amazonuk>~~

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