[ebooktalk] Sheila Hancock.
- From: "Shell" <shell@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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- Date: Mon, 1 Jul 2013 07:37:39 +0100
I read that one a couple of years ago Elaine and couldn't put it down. However
I thought Sheila Hancock came off very badly from it and by the end of it I
disliked her very much. It doesn't sound like John Thaw was very nice either,
so perhaps they deserved each other.
Shell.
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From: "Elaine Harris (Rivendell)" <elaineharris@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, July 01, 2013 2:58 AM
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Subject: [ebooktalk] Re: NON-FICTION
> Yes, I read non-fiction, too; often biography and autobiography but
> sometimes history.
>
> At the moment I am reading "The two of Us: my life with John Thaw" by Sheila
> Hancock. No, not of the Alan Clark calibre I daresay but one of the best
> biographies (She tells both of their stories) I have ever read.
>
> I also read some poetry though not enough.
>
> Last month I read Winston Graham's autobiography, "Memoirs of a Private
> Man". A bit of a curate's egg, pompous in parts. Am not a fan of his modern
> novels but have an interest in the early Poldark books so read it for that.
>
> To my embarrassment, I also read "Casper the Commuting Cat" by Susan Finden.
> Not well-written and often annoying. Read it partly out of interest because
> of the media phenomenon: the Plymouth-based, bus-riding cat made it to
> newspapers and news websites across the globe. I bought it (unread) for a
> cat-loving friend last year and am now embarrassed that I did. I gather "A
> Street Cat Named Bob" is better but I will read it before I buy it for her.
>
> Finally, sorry this is long, I am also not a fan of Bryce Courtenay's
> fiction but his book, "April Fool's Day", about his son who contracted
> medically-acquired AIDS is brilliant.
>
> Take care,
>
> Elaine
>
>
>
>
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> I notice that no-one else has included any non-fiction in their book
> choices. I'd have thought that Pele, for instance,might well have included
> a sports biography or autobiography? I was quite tempted to adding to alan
> clark Leo McKinstry's biography of Alf Ramsey. does anyone else choose to
> read non-fiction of any kind?
>
>
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