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Liz Riley Jones

    Liz Riley Jones je pseudonym Sama Hollanda, sochárky, ktorá žije a tvorí v Kente. Jej tvorba je inšpirovaná keltskými koreňmi, waleštinou a keltskou mytológiou a históriou. Jej dielo je zmesou osobnej skúsenosti, fantasy a pocty veľkým keltským príbehom, ako sú Mabinogion a írsky Ulster Cycle. Hlboko sa zaoberá keltskou identitou a jej dielo vyjadruje pocit 'hiraeth', nostalgickej túžby po stratenej vlasti.

    8 1/2 Stone
    Hiraeth a Loss
    The Queen Of Romance
    • The Queen Of Romance

      • 256 stránok
      • 9 hodin čítania
      4,6(20)Ohodnotiť

      The first biography of the bestselling author and journalist Marguerite Jervis takes a closer look at the woman who in her heyday sold hundreds of thousands of novels and wrote the script for Hitchcock's directorial debut.

      The Queen Of Romance
    • Hiraeth a Loss

      • 400 stránok
      • 14 hodin čítania
      4,3(13)Ohodnotiť

      The Hiraeth trilogy darkens. After their victorious battle in Wicklow, Mona disappears without a trace. Despite months of searching, Cai is forced to face life without her and seeks happiness in a life far removed from his Welsh language and community.

      Hiraeth a Loss
    • 8 1/2 Stone

      • 282 stránok
      • 10 hodin čítania

      When I am 8 1/2 Stone; I will be able to shop in Topshop. I will be able to go swimming and not displace all the water and create a tsunami. I will fit in changing rooms without banging my elbows or exposing the moon of my arse through the curtain when I bend over. I will be able to fit behind the narrow benches at Ronnie Scott's to listen to jazz instead of being offered a chair at the end of the row I'll be able to see my toes, which I haven't seen since 1996 without the aid of a selfie stick. I will be promoted and not have my desk moved to inside the stationery cupboard for being off-brand. "I started writing this book five years ago. I was going through a really hard time - I lost my home and everything I owned - and the only way I got through it was by writing, and making myself laugh. I have always self-medicated with funny books, and wanted to write something that made women who might be miserable or cheated on or broke or feeling woefully unsuccessful feel a little better. The book is rooted in my reality: I always felt my life would start and I'd be happy once I reached my target weight. Then I got thin, and life was still rubbish and I still hated my body. I realised true happiness only comes with self-acceptance. So here it is. And I hope it at least makes you smile. And reach for that doughnut."

      8 1/2 Stone