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[[Category:New Reviews|Home and Family]]__NOTOC__ <!-- Remove -->{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Pippa Mattinson1454955546|title=Choosing the Perfect PuppySugarless|author=Nicole M Avena|rating=4.5|genre=PetsLifestyle|summary=If you have ever, for even a fleeting moment, thought about getting a puppy, you really ought to read this book. Too many people are carried away in the heat of the moment and ''mustThis isn'' have t a particular breed and go ahead without any thought about the consequences. They then have to live with the problems which ''might'' have been avoided for a decade or morediet book. The puppy and the adult dog also has to live with an owner who might not be able to accommodate his last thing anyone needs. [[:Category:Pippa Mattinson|Pippa Mattinson]] is my go-to author on matters dog related: she talks senseanother diet book. 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>}}{{newreview|author=Patrick Mbaya|title= My Brain Is Out Of Control|rating= 4'|genre= Home and Family|summary=Dr Patrick Mbaya There was enjoying life as a consultant psychiatristtime, husband and fathernot that long ago, when it was thought that sugary food was better for you than food with high-fat content. His career Fat was the demon food which was going well to elevate your cholesterol and he enjoyed making ill people bettercause heart disease. His marriage Sugar was solid and fulfilling and his two children were exploring their potentiala carbohydrate, often through the uplifting power of music. Life was so good. But then...|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1524636649</amazonuk>}}{{newreview|author= John Williams|title= My Son There's Not Rainman: One Man, One Autistic Boya problem, A Million Adventures|rating= 3though.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 Sugar is addictive and experiences. After a shaky start (''I had a handful of followers. Three of them were my brothers''), can hijack your brain in much the blog eventually went viral same way as it increased in popularity with parents who felt a connection with John drugs like heroin and 'The Boy'cocaine. This book fills in some of Does that sound over the gaps in the storytop? Well, starting with 'The Boy's' early childhood and ending, appropriately, on his thirteenth birthday, when he suddenly became 'The Teenit isn't.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1782433880</amazonuk>

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Margery Allingham and Julia Jones1635866847|title=Beloved Old Age The Lavender Companion|author=Jessica Dunham and What to Do About it: Margery Allingham's the RelayTerry Barlin Vesci

|genre=Home and FamilyLifestyle|summary=We remember [[:Category:Margery Allingham|Margery Allingham]] as a novelist from It's strange, the things that make you ''immediately'' feel that this is 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 plottingbook for you. Her last completed book was not a novel but Before I started reading ''The RelayLavender Companion'', I visited the author's [https://www.pinelavenderfarm.com/ website] and there's a combined account picture of caring for three elderly relatives, a slice of chocolate cake on the homepage. I don't eat cakes and desserts - but I wanted that cake viscerally. (EmThere's a recipe in the book, Maud and Gracewhich I'm avoiding with some difficulty!!) between 1959 Then I started reading the book and 1961 and suggestions as I was told to how other people might achieve make a good old age for their relativesmess of it. Margery died Notes in 1966 and the margins are sanctioned. You get to fold down the corners of pages. You suspect that smears of butter would not be a problem. I ''The Relayloved'' was never published in the form in which it was writtenthis book already.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1899262296</amazonuk>

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Georgina Rodgers0760381267|title=Peace of MindVerdura: A Book of Calm for Busy MumsLiving a Garden Life|author=Perla Sofia Curbelo-Santiago|rating=3.5

|summary=''The promise most important part of a book bringing me calm was too much to resist! There it garden is, in the title, my job description (busy mumone who enjoys it''...well, that I've 'gardened's just one of my jobs!) and that elusive state that many mums seem to be trying to findin a vague, peace indefinite sort of mindway for more than half a century. I have to say, know (most of) the basics but life has changed and I was looking forward needed 'projects' rather than a general commitment to some insightful revelations into changing my lifegardening. I think the problem, however, was quickly apparent in that like a 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's trying to be, Verdura'' with everything from poetry its promise of projects for both indoors and colouring to mindfulness and recipesoutdoors of varying complexity seemed like the answer.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1473635519</amazonuk> So, how did it stack up?

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Carl-Johan Forssen Ehrlin1394159544|title=The Rabbit Who Wants To Fall AsleepRecycling for Dummies|author=Sarah Winkler

|genre=For SharingLifestyle|summary=Roger the Rabbit wanted ''Recycling one ton of plastic can save up to 16.3 barrels of oil.'' ''Recycling one ton of paper can save 17 trees from being cut down.'' If you send an apple core to landfill, it will take between 6 months and 2 years to decompose. A glass bottle will take up to fall asleep1 million years. As a just-post-WWII baby, but somehow he couldn'tI faced a dilemma: reducing, no matter how hard he triedreusing and recycling is part of my DNA. It wasn't NEVER throw away anything that he didn't do much during the day, because he might ''didpossibly'' but sometimes he was so tired come in handy now or in the future. NEVER buy anything if you can cobble together something that he could fall asleep on would serve the swingspurpose. One night Mummy Rabbit took Roger to see Uncle Yawn, who had a notice outside his house saying Almost everything can be used one more time and any purchase must pass the test of 'Is this absolutely essential?' On the other hand, I suspected I was guilty of wishcycling: assuming that something must be recyclable (toothpaste tubes - I can make anyone fall asleep'' m looking at you) and once Roger went home (dropping it in the kerbside bin. Yes, I could go searching on the internet - and get conflicting advice - but what I needed was actually quite difficult for him to get there as his eyes kept closing) he went straight to bed and fell asleepa recycling bible.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0241255163</amazonuk>s

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn= Jessica Lahey0760378134|title=The Gift of FailureFirst-Time Gardener: How to step back and let your child succeedContainer Food Gardening|author=Pamela Farley|rating= 45|genre= Home and Family|summary= LaheyIf you's introduction claims ''today's over-protective failure-avoidant parenting style'' is responsible for ve ever thought how good it would be to be able to pop out into the caution garden and fear she witnesses in young people every day in her job as pick some fruit and vegetables for a secondary school teacher, causing them meal – but realised that you wouldn't know where to dislike learning. She goes on to claim thatstart, through this parenting style, we have inadvertently taught our kids to fear failure at all costsis the book you need.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1780722443</amazonuk>}}{{newreview|author=John Kemp|title=Caring for Shirley|rating=4|genre=Autobiography|summary=John Kemp It's wifecomprehensive: you'll cover everything from why you should grow your own food, Shirley, suffered from dementia and loss of coordination and for eight years he was her full-time carer as she was unable what you're going to walk unaided (wellgrow, she what you''could'' - but ll grow it was likely to result in a serious fall(both containers and soil) , where you'll put these containers, how you'll water and fertilise them and took care of all her most personal needs. Probably you finish the most heart-breaking main part of this is that Shirley didn't recognise John as her husband - apart from 'give us the book with a kiss', the question 'wherehandy section on troubleshooting. There's John?' was usually the first which sprang to her lips in any situationalso a good glossary. 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>So, is it any good?

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Jan Robinson1529149800|title=Tips From WidowsThings You Can Do: How to Fight Climate Change and Reduce Waste|author=Eduardo Garcia and Sara 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''Hospice Voices'' tells the stories of the last days s grandfather Martin handed him a plastic folder of some fascinating people while it follows author Eric Lindner through handwritten notes from his journey as a hospice volunteer and a crisis in his own daughterjournal, he didn's health. |amazonuk=<amazonuk>1442220597</amazonuk>}}{{newreview|author=Jean M Twenge and W Keith Campbell|title=The Narcissism Epidemic: Living in the Age t take much notice 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 fieldit. At more than three hundred pages it'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>}}{{newreview|author=Judy Bartkowiak|title=Be a Happier Parent with NLP|rating=4|genre=Home and Family|summary=Babies, unlike new carsage of 24, donGraff didn't come with a manual. There are always plenty realise the gravity of people, each with their own unique advice, happy to stick an oar in on whatever parenting issues you're facing, but I have often found as a mum that I'm left confused and floundering, wondering which piece of conflicting advice is least likely to permanently damage my little ones! I've watched Supernannythe pages he was holding. I've read about how to have a contented baby. So seeing this book, with such a nice, positive title, I had to give it a go!|amazonuk=<amazonuk>144411056X</amazonuk>

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Umberto Eco and Jean-Claude CarriereGoodland_Worth|title=This is Not the End of the Book;|rating=4.5|genre=Entertainment|summary=In many ways, the cover of my edition of this book is perfectly appropriate. Huge, bold serif script, with nothing but the typeface; a declamatory instance of the art in the most common of fonts, and that perfect semi-colon at the end of the book's name - proving that that itself is not the be-all and end-all. Buy this book, as you can, in electronic form, and you might see this cover for ten seconds at most, but it is so much part and parcel of whatIt's within.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0099552450</amazonuk>}}{{newreview|author=Simon Barnes|title=How to be Worth a BAD Birdwatcher|rating=4.5|genre=Home and Family|summary=''Look out of the window.''<br>''See a bird''<br>''Enjoy it.''<br>''Congratulations. You are now a birdwatcher.''|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1780720866</amazonuk>}}{{newreviewTry|author=Brett Cohen|title=Stuff Every Dad Should KnowNicola Goodland

|summary=For an object lesson in This is how important the little things areNicola Goodland introduces her book, consider this book''It's title. This is not one Worth a Try'': ''I wanted to write this kind of those collections of trivia or whimsies for fathers to appear cool to their children (ten great variations on tag; 6book because when I was a young woman,000 good records with which to ween your daughter off Justin Bieber), it's not ladies and gents told me that they suffered from abuse of some kind of knowledge on offer. Here instead is practical information on rearing your own little thing, as children and in a quiet way this pocket diary-sized volume has only found the cojones courage to expect to stick around being useful for a generation, talk about it as it starts at budgeting for adults. Maybe this book can deter children in the first place, from becoming future abusers and stop abuse so it goes from the actual birth to marrying them offaway for good.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1594745536</amazonuk>''

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Emma SmithHigashida_Fall|title=The Cambridge Shakespeare GuideFall Down Seven Times, Get Up Eight: A Young Man's Voice From the Silence of Autism|author=Naoki Higashida and David Mitchell

|summary=Does Naoki Higashida was only 13 years old when he wrote the world need another guide to Shakespeareinternational best-seller ''The Reason I Jump''s plays? There are plenty about and students these days have . The book was popular because it gave a rare glimpse into the added resource workings of the Internet to get autistic mind, as told from the basicsunique perspective of a teenager with non-verbal autism. HoweverNaoki communicates by using an alphabet grid, if it does, then or by tracing letters on the palm of a transcriber. Despite this is as good as any you will find. It's nicely written slow and beautifully clear laborious method of writing, he has published several books in his native Japan and above all, succinctmanages to give public presentations to raise awareness of his condition. In fact I'm doing a disservice Fall Down 7 Times Get up 8 reintroduces us to Emma Smith already by terming it Naoki as a guide to young adult in his plays, because she also includes the poems 20s and sonnetsexplains how his perspectives on life have changed since writing his first book.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>052114972X</amazonuk>

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Roman KrznaricBialik_Girling|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>}}{{newreviewGirling Up|author=Susan Maushart|title=The Winter of Our Disconnect: How One Family Pulled the Plug and Lived to Tell/text/Tweet the TaleMayim Bialik|rating=4.5

|summary=Back in early 2009 Susan Maushart - This book arrived on my desk to cries of ''Amy Farrah Fowler's written a single mother of three teenagers - came to the conclusion book?'' or ''No, that the family plugged into their workstations's Blossom'' depending on your generation. Mayim Bialik is or was both, TVs, DVD players, iPods and gaming consoles at the expense of normal relationshipscourse, or what we’ll come but in addition to call Real Life. She included herself in this being a well- her relationship with her iPhone was about the strongest known sitcom actress, she had outside of her children - is also a neuroscientist (and she decided that something drastic had to be done. So began the winter of our disconnect - six months without screens of any descriptiononly PhD on The Big Bang Theory, mobile phones or listening devices in except for the homecharacters). You think that’s not enough of Aimed at teenagers, this book focuses on growing up as a shock girl, or ''Girling up'' if you will, and what it means to transition from school girl to the system? Nor did Susan grown- she started off with two weeks without any power in the homeup, via that hideous detour of teenage years.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>184668465X</amazonuk>

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Mikael Krogerus and Roman TschappelerMattinson_Puppy|title=The Question BookChoosing the Perfect Puppy|author=Pippa Mattinson

|genre=LifestyleHome and Family|summary=Most of us If you have probably made at least one of those end-of-the-year lists of the best booksever, albums and parties we have been to in the previous twelve months. But can youfor even a fleeting moment, with some effortthought about getting a puppy, locate the one you made really ought to read this book. Too many people are carried away in 1987? Have you ever constructed a graph the heat of your ups the moment and downs in ''must'' have a given period, particular breed and go ahead without any thought about the consequences. They then decided have to expand it by separating emotional, intellectual, sexual and financial aspects and colour coding them? Have you made a list of all your lovers, bosses or friends and then rated them from 1 to 10 on several dimensions each? Do you have one of live with the books that list ''100 things to do before you dieproblems which '' or might''500 books to read in your life'' (and ticked off the ones you have done)? Did you ever spend been avoided for a whole evening decade or more. The puppy and half of a night filling in dubious 'personality' questionnaires on the Internet? Have you ever doodled something, decided that it beautifully expresses the deepest essence of your personality and then proceeded adult dog also has to draw such icons for all your friends? |amazonuk=<amazonuk>1846685389</amazonuk>}}{{newreview|author=Patrick Cockburn and Henry Cockburn|title=Henry's Demons: Living live with Schizophreniaan owner who might not be able to accommodate his needs. a Father and Son's Story [[:Category:Pippa Mattinson|rating=4.5|genre=Autobiography|summary=In February 2002 Patrick Cockburn was in Kabul, reporting Pippa Mattinson]] is my go-to The Independent author on the fall of the Talibanmatters dog related: she talks sense. While he was there he called his wife Jan at home in England, and was shocked She doesn't try to learn that their 20-year-old elder son Henry had been rescued by fishermen after coming close to death while swimming, fully clothed, in the icy waters talk you out of getting a particular breed or any puppy: she simply presents the Newhaven estuary. The police had decided that he was a danger facts and allows you to himself, and he was now in a mental hospitalmake your own decisions.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1847377033</amazonuk>

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Kate BrianRaskin_Grow|title=Precious BabiesGrow: Pregnancy, Birth A Family Guide to Growing Fruit and Parenting after InfertilityVeg|author=Ben Raskin

|summary=There are lots of avenues of support for those dealing with infertilityI worried when I looked at this book: ''Grow'', but what happens if you do finally get pregnantit said, ''A family guide to growing fruit and veg''. Why did it worry me? YouWell, it're still dealing with s a mere 48 pages and the scarscover says that it includes ''Games, both emotional stickers and physical that infertility can leave behindMORE!'' I have weighty tomes which don't completely cover what I need to know about growing fruit and veg, but it might seem callous to ask for help from other friends from your support network who themselves arenso wasn't yet pregnant. This book aims this going to be fall a helpful guide that discusses everything from pregnancy to birth to parenting after birth in the light of your history with infertilitylittle short? Well, it doesn't - not at all.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0749954019</amazonuk>

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Steve RoudMcgrath_Camping|title=The Lore of the Playground: The Children's World - Then and NowCamping With Kids|author=Simon McGrath

|summary=Like many reviewers of the hardback editionWhen my daughter was young it used to be joked that if a child asked on his fifth birthday to go camping and you told him that he could in five years' time, I thoroughy enjoyed reading this bookhe'd be there on his tenth birthday, a nostalgic excursion into my own childhood games all kitted up and ready to go. These days the discussions - and delaying tactics - are more likely to be about technology - and rhymesmobiles in particular. ItWhilst it's quite fun to identify wonderful that children do embrace technology, it shouldn't be at the regional context expense of childhood lore. It cleared up for megetting out in the fresh air, as a Southbeing free of screens and having an adventure -East Londoner, preferably with all the exact nature of a hitherto mysterious game called tag. If you have already delved into the classic family doing it ''The Lore and Language of Schoolchildrentogether'' by Iona and Peter Opie (1959), you might find this book adds little for a general readership. For the specialist, I'm sure this book will take its rightful place in the scholarly literature on childhood culture.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0099505274</amazonuk>

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Judy BartkowiakWilliams_Son|title=So YouMy Son've Passed Your Driving Test... What Now? Advanced Driving Skills For Young Driverss Not Rainman: One Man, One Autistic Boy, A Million Adventures|author=John Williams|rating=43.5

|summary=It's always struck me that In 2012, stand-up comedian John Williams was encouraged by his work colleagues to write a show charting his experiences as the most difficult time for young drivers is that period just after they pass their driving testparent of an autistic boy. Someone has told you that youAfter registering the domain name: 're an OK driver, right? 'My Son'But's Not Rainman,' you're out there, all on your own, without anyone he also decided to explain those odd things which you still haven't come across or write a blog to be the extra pair of eyesshare his funny anecdotes and experiences. YouAfter a shaky start (''ve got I had a sense handful of followers. Three of freedomthem were my brothers''), but somehow the blog eventually went viral as it's increased in popularity with parents who felt a little bit ''dauntingconnection with John and 'The Boy'. Judy Bartkowiak offers something a little bit different. It's not another This book about road signsfills in some of the gaps in the story, driving etiquette and stopping distances – itstarting with 'The Boy's some ideas for getting into the right mindset to absorb the new experiences ' early childhood and learning some skills which might help you in other areas of your life tooending, appropriately, on his thirteenth birthday when he suddenly became 'The Teen'.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1908218371</amazonuk>

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Anthony T DeBenedet and Lawrence CohenMbaya_Brain|title=The Art of Roughhousing: Good Old Fashioned Horseplay and Why Every Kid Needs It My Brain Is Out Of Control|author=Patrick Mbaya

|summary=Rather than running around outdoorsDr Patrick Mbaya was enjoying life as a consultant psychiatrist, husband and father. His career was going for bike rides well and building dens, lots of children nowadays end up spending hours watching TV or playing computer gameshe enjoyed making ill people better. Play times in school are often very regimented His marriage was solid and in some schools certain games like 'British Bulldog' fulfilling and 'Leapfrog' and even 'Tag' have even been banned. Children are discouraged from physical playhis two children were exploring their potential, for fear that they will hurt themselves and also often through the fear that those responsible for them will find themselves facing a lawsuit if someone does get hurtuplifting power of music. This book aims to support the thinking that very physical play is Life was good for children; that unless they face risks in their lives and learn to assess those risks, or experience a few bumps and bruises and learn to get up and carry on, . But then they will lack vital life skills for their future adult lives.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1594744874</amazonuk>..

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Diane AckermanAllingham_Beloved|title=One Hundred Names For Love: A Stroke, a Marriage, and the Language of Healing|rating=4.5|genre=Lifestyle|summary=Diane Ackerman's husband, Paul West, had been in hospital for three weeks with a kidney infection Beloved Old Age and was just rejoicing in the fact that he was What to go home the next day. As Diane watched , Paul suffered a massive stroke. The effects were catastrophic, but worst of all, the man who had been a brilliant wordsmith was robbed of his power of speech and lost his extensive vocabulary. It's eight years since this happened and the intervening years have been a constant battle to improve PaulDo About it: Margery Allingham's speech and restore some joy to his life. There have been ups – and many downs – but despite a brain scan indicating that Paul might well be a vegetable he has since his stroke written books. His vocabulary will never be back to what it was, but it remains impressive and, strangely enough, many of the words which he finds easiest to use are those which he encountered a number of years ago.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>039307241X</amazonuk>}}{{newreviewRelay|author=Oliver James|title=How Not To F*** Them UpMargery Allingham and Julia Jones

|summary=Child psychologist Oliver James can be relied on to fight his cornerWe remember [[:Category:Margery Allingham|Margery Allingham]] as a novelist from the golden age of crime, whether it's about affluent society perhaps not as famous as Agatha Christie or toxic parentsDorothy L Sayers but certainly well regarded by those who appreciate good writing and excellent plotting. Now he puts the first Her last completed book was not a novel but ''The Relay'', a combined account of caring for three years of life under the microscope elderly relatives, (Em, Maud and Grace) between 1959 and 1961 and argues equally vehemently that parents need suggestions as to identify their own needs accurately and build their children's care into how other people might achieve a 'good enough' framework, in order old age for the whole family to flourishtheir relatives. He's a controversial figure whose interest Margery died in parenting goes back to his own childhood (yes, you1966 and 've guessed it, his parents where psychoanalysts). He argues the case for modifying childcare decisions to accord with parenting styles while avoiding working mums' guilt trips: “The Relay'Why embracing your own parenting style is best for you and your child,' as was never published in the cover has form in which itwas written.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>009192393X</amazonuk>

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Eleanor BirneRodgers_Peace|title=When Will I Sleep Through the Night? An Peace of Mind: A - Z Book of BabyhoodCalm for Busy Mums|author=Georgina Rodgers|rating=4.53

|summary=When it comes to parenting, I have discovered that a lot of people lie. They lie about sleep, about tantrums, about feeding and nappies and the effects The promise of a screaming newborn on your marriage. book bringing me calm was too much to resist! There are books galore, and Mummy blogs, and tweeters all happily proclaiming how marvellous it all is, first of all being pregnantin the title, then giving birthmy job description (busy mum...well, and then raising the baby. Itthat's all glowing skin just one of my jobs!) and sunshine smiles and meeting friends for coffeethat elusive state that many mums seem to be trying to find, peace of mind. I quickly stopped reading anything baby-related when have to say, I was pregnant because looking forward to some insightful revelations into changing my life. I think the problem, however, was sick as quickly apparent in that like a dog for 5 monthsbusy mum, I had an awful labour and that first year with my little girl was almost impossibly difficult and totally consumed with who is trying to wear a hundred masks at the horror of a non-sleeping baby. Nowsame time, four and carry out a half years on multitude of roles, this book isn't entirely sure what it's trying to be, with everything from giving birth poetry and (mostly) sleeping all night long I felt able colouring to open up this latest baby book, mainly because the title roused such familiar feelings in memindfulness and recipes.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1846684862</amazonuk>

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn=Judy BartkowiakEhrlin_Rabbit|title=NLP For TeensThe Rabbit Who Wants To Fall Asleep|author=Carl-Johan Forssen Ehrlin|rating=45

|summary=NLP For Teens is part of Roger the Engaging NLP series and is a follow-Rabbit wanted to fall asleep, but somehow he couldn't, no matter how hard he tried. It wasn't that he didn't do much during the day, because he did but sometimes he was so tired that he could fall asleep on from NLP for Childrenthe swings. Many One night Mummy Rabbit took Roger to see Uncle Yawn, who had a parent has been tempted to leave notice outside his house saying I can make anyone fall asleep and once Roger went home when their children are teenagers; (it was actually quite difficult for him to get there as it is for the parents it's a traumatic time for the teens his eyes kept closing) he went straight to bed and anything which makes it a little easier is to be applauded particularly when the changes will come from the teens rather than being imposed by the parentfell asleep. |amazonuk=<amazonuk>1907685901</amazonuk>