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No Poverty Between The Sheets by Pauline Kiely

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No Poverty Between The Sheets by Pauline Kiely was an amazing book.  I read this entire book in one day because of the authors writing style and also because of the story.  I loved everything about this book and more than once I found myself laughing because of the how the story was told.  I have always wanted to go to Ireland so that fact that they where from Ireland made me love it even more.  The author has a way of writing that made me laugh which isn’t something that I usually do while I am reading books but she made me and I loved that.  I loved that this book is about real people and things that really happened.  I am a sucker for books that are true because I love learning about other people’s lives and what they went through during their lives. My favorite character I think would have to be Pauline’s dad because of how he acted the things he would do and say.   I also loved that they included really pictures of some of the people she talked about because I love looking at old photographs and it was great to be able to put a face to the people she talks about. I love true stories that I would for sure tell you check this one out. If you love funny books that I know will love this book as much as I loved it.

No Poverty Between the Sheets

About The Book

This book documents the strong ties that bind generations together. When the author poses the question to her Irish Granny, “If you were so poor why did you have ten children?” Says she, “To be certain, there was no poverty between the sheets!” This sassy saga of a large family that is half Irish and half French Canadian captures hilarious voices and comical antics of a vibrant family that is cloaked in love. A horse theme and song lyrics are neatly knitted throughout the layers of generations.

Pauline Kiely

About The Author

Pauline Kiely has been an avid student of Creative Writing her entire life. This author has consistently taken various courses and workshops offered at University of Toronto and Trent Universities. A year long memoir course with Susan Reynolds brought out this witty honest voice that shoots straight from the hip aiming for the heart.

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Out From The Underworld by Heather Siegel

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Out From The Underworld by Heather Siegel was an amazing book that at times shocked me that it is a true story.  It was so shocking at times that I wanted to stop reading but I also couldn’t stop reading because I had to know what happened next.  I had a rough childhood or at least I thought I did until I read this book and now I know my childhood was a piece of cake compared to Heather’s.  I have to warn you that if you had a rough childhood this may be a trigger for you but it was an amazing book.  I have been sitting here trying to figure out how to put into words how this book made me feel and I don’t have words to describe how it made me feel.  If you are looking for a great true story book to read than I know you will love this one.

Out from the Underworld

About The Book

Heather Siegel was six years old when her mother disappeared, sending her father into a tailspin that took Heather and her siblings down with him— from a comfortable suburban home to a barely habitable basement apartment, a dark world they soon found themselves fighting to return to from the exile of foster care, then fighting even harder to escape.

Forty years later, Heather Siegel tells the remarkable story of how she and her siblings, Jaz and Greg, banded together to find out what happened to their mother and fight their way Out from the Underworld with nothing but their wits, determination, unbreakable bonds and gifts for humor and compassion to sustain them. A wrenching, inspiring story filled with heartbreak, hope and love, Out from The Underworld will move you to laughter and tears.

Heather Siegel

About The Author

Heather Siegel holds an MFA in nonfiction writing from The New School. Her work has appeared on Salon.com and in The Mother Magazine and Author Magazine, as well as in various trade publications. She was a finalist for the 2010 Pacific Northwest Writers Association Literary Award in Nonfiction Writing, the 2011 San Francisco Writers Conference Nonfiction Writing Award, the Carolina Wren Press 2012 Doris Bakwin Award and the 2012 Kore Press First Book Award. A multi-creative person with interests in the arts, nutrition, health and beauty, she has founded several independent businesses, including a coffeehouse, a café, an organic juice bar and a natural beauty bar. She currently lives with her husband, Jon, and daughter, Julia, in the woods of Long Island in a house filled with light.

 

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