BOOK REVIEWS

BOOK REVIEWS – An Introduction

2/2/2022

We have created a Book Review page so that our readers have a quick reference for a good book to snuggle up with or for a gift. The books cover a vast range of topics. We review books which relate a personal story and the life lessons learnt, and books which open your eyes to a new way of seeing what is actually going on in the world around us. Reviews will include non-imposing books for children and books to expand your recipe library. It is likely that you will be inspired by all the authors. There is a link at the bottom of each review as to where you can buy the book.

SHAKESPEARE AND THE AGELESS WISDOM – by lyndy SUMMERHAZE

1/2/2022

Artist: Joseph Barker

Throughout the centuries, Shakespeare has always had two types of readers – those who love his work and those who don’t! However, here we are in the 21st century, birthing a new group of readers: those who previously did not like to read Shakespeare because they couldn’t relate to it, but now love it because Lyndy Summerhaze’s book, Shakespeare and The Ageless Wisdom, makes it not only relatable, but understandable and deeply engaging.

BREATHING MY OWN BREATH – by donna nolan

31/12/2021

Breathing my own Breath is a beautiful story of a woman who from a young age knew that there was way more to life than what she had so far experienced. The author, Donna Nolan, asked the hard questions “Who am I?” and “Why am I here?” This led her on a road of searching and discovering.

THE LEADERSHIP TRANCE – BY NEIL GAMBLE

28/12/2021

In the last few months, most of the Joy of Ageing team found themselves all reading the same book: The Leadership Trance – and all of us by Neil Gamble.

The Leadership Trance is packed with real life examples of what the author has lived and discovered about our current way of life. It is a book full of facts and figures which many readers will recognise and others will find eye-opening and truly surprising.

THE UNIVERSAL SELF-CARE MANUAL FOR CARERS – BY KERRIE COX AND YASMIN LANG

31/5/2021

It has been years since I’ve been so impressed by a book that I actually wanted to write a book review! But that is exactly what happened – before I even finished reading The Universal Self-Care Manual for Carers by Kerrie Cox and Yasmin Lang.

The Joy of ageing, esoterically – Book Review

30/4/2021

Not only possible but tried and tested. Who would have thought that the words ‘joy’ and ‘ageing’ could come together and provide a book title that is neither wishful thinking nor an idealised and thus unrealistic picture, like those taken from the advertising material for yet another retirement village, depicting an elderly couple walking off into the sunset with a glass of something alcoholic in their hands.