tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25745858.post2042118630457534554..comments2023-11-30T13:49:20.131+00:00Comments on NASIM MARIE JAFRY: ON WRITING, READING and CHRONIC ILLNESS: Lipstick turns into green eyelinernmjhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05477643084619789093noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25745858.post-29616668715745085552012-05-18T16:58:40.170+01:002012-05-18T16:58:40.170+01:00Having just read this blog post, On Being Ill is n...Having just read this blog post, On Being Ill is now on my Amazon wish list! I did manage to find a great bargain for my Kindle, I got the whole works of Virginia Woolf (including the above) for £1.99. This is especially fab because the student loan well has dried up so no shiny books for me otherwise.<br />Katie xAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25745858.post-55037955067104164782012-04-29T17:16:47.738+01:002012-04-29T17:16:47.738+01:00Hey Mim, I hadn't even heard of this Virginia ...Hey Mim, I hadn't even heard of this Virginia essay 'til I read Shilling's book, so am v much looking forward to it.<br /><br />Hey Lesley, I've finished the book now. I really enjoyed though it felt a little padded here and there, some of the chapters could have been shorter. I also admired that she did not dish the dirt on whatever catastrophic breakdown there was between her parents and herself, she simply stated it happened (and she clearly had suffered); this shows that a succesful memoir does not need to bare every bone.nmjhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05477643084619789093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25745858.post-38908074803099944802012-04-27T22:34:31.008+01:002012-04-27T22:34:31.008+01:00I love Woolf's essay.
Your dream is not borin...I love Woolf's essay.<br /><br />Your dream is not boring!<br /><br />Regards from BostonMimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13039776441665375475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25745858.post-24463446649950956402012-04-26T20:44:57.126+01:002012-04-26T20:44:57.126+01:00Hey Lesley,
I think middle-age (never sure whethe...Hey Lesley,<br /><br />I think middle-age (never sure whether to hyphenate or not) is quite scary regardless of circumstances, I don't know any female friend who is not slightly horrified by their encroaching late forties/ & the, frankly, unsayable 50. <br /><br />No one seems to agree on when middle-age actually begins and this line made me sigh: <br /><br /><i>Fashion journalists and doctors would place the onset of middle age well before the end of fertility, at the point at which one's rate of egg production and cellular renewal begins to slow, and one's ability to wear hot pants and biker jackets with conviction to diminish.</i><br /><br />I want it to start at whatever age is greater than I currently am!<br /><br />Was going to say you'd love the book, but I know that you have already downloaded and finished. ;) <br /><br />You are way ahead of me! Funny - I think this is the kind of book that I def prefer to read on paper.nmjhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05477643084619789093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25745858.post-84737512039809733642012-04-25T19:16:12.728+01:002012-04-25T19:16:12.728+01:00I've just turned 50, and am feeling the sting ...I've just turned 50, and am feeling the sting so Shilling's book is definitely on my to-read list.Lesleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13498909370147354617noreply@blogger.com