Everytime I come across a mention of Chopper, I flash back to my most terrifying library enquiry which started with a man asking if we had Chopper on DVD and then, unprompted, while I was looking it up on the catalogue, added that he‘d been in Pentridge Prison at the same time as Chopper. Different cell block though.
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pickI listened to the audiobook whilst art-making and quickly realised I'd have preferred a print copy, all the better to savour her marvellous writing.
Be warned, it is rage-inducing: how the medical establishment "treated" her endometriosis as a mental illness and the appalling suffering she endured as a consequence is deplorable, disgusting and, I fear, hardly an isolated case. (And God help those women who aren't as articulate as she was!)
Conrad Hilton biography-born in late 1800s in New Mexico and began the Hilton Hotel empire in a small town in west Texas.
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Barbara Blackman's memoirs and letters are fascinating and a favourite of mine. Her former husband was a great artist 🎨
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pickThis was a good memoir. I greatly enjoyed it. It was a good read. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
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#PrinceofDarknessReadalong @BookwormAHN
I am looking forward to reading about and discussing Ozzy, I‘m a metal head at heart and so glad to find others! 🤘🏻I saw him live in 1991 or so, such a wild man with talent.
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Starting September 1st I am hosting the #PrinceOfDarknessReadalong The plan is to start in September with I Am Ozzy, October with Trust Me, I'm Doctor Ozzy and in November read Last Rites.
All are welcome to join in 🦇
Starting September 1st I am hosting the #PrinceOfDarknessReadalong The plan is to start in September with I Am Ozzy, October with Trust Me, I'm Doctor Ozzy and in November read Last Rites.
All are welcome to join in 🦇
