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Authentic - Writing & Photography by Sally Draper: October 2008

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Saturday, 25 October 2008. I've been thinking a lot about my favourite book today (although technically it's a poem). It's called 'Mental Fight' by Ben Okri, a Nigerian writer. Not only does it encapsulate most of my deep-set principles, his poem is so moving and inspiring that even at my lowest it is enough to restore my faith in the world. Try it out for yourself. Here's an extract. Will you be at the harvest,. Among the gatherers of new fruits? Then you must begin today to remake. To clean our eyes,.

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Authentic - Writing & Photography by Sally Draper: Just Finished - House of Leaves by Mark Z Danielewski

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Tuesday, 3 February 2009. Just Finished - House of Leaves by Mark Z Danielewski. In all, I enjoyed this book, and I'm glad I read it. But I definitely get the impression that it is a fashionable book, and this is where it draws much of its acclaim. That said, it is not without artistic merit. Parts were exceptionally well written and purely for thinking outside the box, Danielewski deserves 10 out of 10. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). A glimpse of me. View my complete profile. Find me on Facebook.

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Authentic - Writing & Photography by Sally Draper: February 2009

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Tuesday, 24 February 2009. Just Finished - The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides. In all honesty I found The Virgin Suicides. I really wanted to love this book, and perhaps I have missed the point as so many other reviews have given it considerable acclaim, but I cannot deny the fact that it didn't match my hopes in reality. That said, there were some beautiful paragraphs, and while I maybe slightly disappointed, that doesn't prevent me from appreciating it as a simple, wistful and eloquent book.

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Authentic - Writing & Photography by Sally Draper: Just Finished - The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides

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Tuesday, 24 February 2009. Just Finished - The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides. In all honesty I found The Virgin Suicides. I really wanted to love this book, and perhaps I have missed the point as so many other reviews have given it considerable acclaim, but I cannot deny the fact that it didn't match my hopes in reality. That said, there were some beautiful paragraphs, and while I maybe slightly disappointed, that doesn't prevent me from appreciating it as a simple, wistful and eloquent book.

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Authentic - Writing & Photography by Sally Draper: A capital adventure - Part One

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Friday, 13 February 2009. A capital adventure - Part One. Last year I went to Egypt. After my little adventure into the past, I wandered the streets of London until I got to the Duchess Theatre. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). A glimpse of me. View my complete profile. Just Finished - The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eug. A capital adventure - Part One. Just Finished - White Oleander by Janet Fitch. Just Finished - House of Leaves by Mark Z Danielew. Find me on Facebook. A Journey Round My Skull.

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Authentic - Writing & Photography by Sally Draper: Just finished - A Working Girl Can't Win by Deborah Garrison

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Wednesday, 21 January 2009. Just finished - A Working Girl Can't Win by Deborah Garrison. She Thinks of Him on Her Birthday. It's still winter,. And still I don't know you. Anymore, and you don't know. Me But this morning I stand. In the kitchen with the illusion,. Peeling a clementine. Each piece. Snaps like the nickname for a girl,. The tinny bite it was. To be one once. Again I count. Your daughters and find myself in the middle,. The waist of the hourglass,. Endlessly passed through and passed through.

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Authentic - Writing & Photography by Sally Draper: August 2008

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Wednesday, 20 August 2008. The powers and promises of perception. To be a faithful representative of my own personality and above all, to avoid making promises I cannot keep. Particularly in my line of work, visiting poor, needy and. Reigning in those false promises is no easy task when they literally try to leap off the tip of your tongue. Promises of life, prosperity. And their ears search for answers and results, only one emotion is coursing through my veins - the feeling of utter impotence.

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Authentic - Writing & Photography by Sally Draper: Faith Fox by Jane Gardam

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Friday, 16 October 2009. Faith Fox by Jane Gardam. Childless and alone in the huge house except for Hugos sorrowful dog, Pammie surprised all her friends by her heaviness and inanition. Hugo had after all for years been no more than a benign shadow seated with glass and newspaper under a standard lamp, Pammie a stocky seraph flying past him at intervals, eyes fixed on her own ploys. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). A glimpse of me. View my complete profile. Six Years Later by Joseph Brodsky.

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Authentic - Writing & Photography by Sally Draper: January 2009

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Wednesday, 21 January 2009. Just finished - A Working Girl Can't Win by Deborah Garrison. She Thinks of Him on Her Birthday. It's still winter,. And still I don't know you. Anymore, and you don't know. Me But this morning I stand. In the kitchen with the illusion,. Peeling a clementine. Each piece. Snaps like the nickname for a girl,. The tinny bite it was. To be one once. Again I count. Your daughters and find myself in the middle,. The waist of the hourglass,. Endlessly passed through and passed through.

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Authentic - Writing & Photography by Sally Draper: Just Finished - White Oleander by Janet Fitch

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Friday, 6 February 2009. Just Finished - White Oleander by Janet Fitch. I had never heard of this novel. It was bought for me by an American friend who wanted me to try her favourite book. " Oprah's Book Club. It said on the front. "Oh dear," the snobby side of me thought. Another 'Richard and Judy' type novel. My last two experiences of their literary hit list had left me bruised and disappointed. To me, The Bookseller of Kabul. And The Five People you Meet in Heaven. I never sleep," she said. I rested ...