Just Me

Biography & Memoir
Cover of the book Just Me by Sheila Hancock, Bloomsbury Publishing
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Sheila Hancock ISBN: 9781408801598
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Publication: November 3, 2008
Imprint: Bloomsbury Publishing Language: English
Author: Sheila Hancock
ISBN: 9781408801598
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Publication: November 3, 2008
Imprint: Bloomsbury Publishing
Language: English

'Well now, prove it, Sheila. As John would say, "Put your money where your mouth is." Be a depressed widow boring the arse off everyone, or get on with life. Your choice.'

In The Two of Us Sheila Hancock relived her life with John Thaw - years packed with love and family, work and houses, delight and despair. And then she looked ahead. What next? Gardening, grannying and grumbling, while they all had their pleasures, weren't going to fill the aching void that John had left.

'Live adventurously', a piece of Quaker advice, was hovering in her mind. So, putting her and John's much-loved house in France on the market - too many memories - she embarked, instead, on a series of journeys. She tried holidaying alone, contending with invisibility and budget flights. She tried travelling in a group, but the questions she wanted to ask were never the ones the guide wanted to answer. She tried relaxing - harder than you might think. Finally, heading out of her comfort zone, she found her travels and new discoveries led her back to her past: to consider her generation - the last to experience the Second World War - and the kind of person it made her.

Just Me is a book about moving on, but it is also about looking back, and looking anew. Sheila, whether facing down burglars and easyJet staff (cross her at your peril) or making friends with waiters and taxi drivers, whether unearthing secrets in Budapest, getting arrested in Thailand, exulting in the art of Venice or mingling with the Mafia in Milan, is never less than stimulating company. Honest - because if you can't say what you think at seventy-five, when can you? - insightful and wonderfully down-to-earth, she is a woman seizing the future with wit, gusto and curiosity - on her own.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

'Well now, prove it, Sheila. As John would say, "Put your money where your mouth is." Be a depressed widow boring the arse off everyone, or get on with life. Your choice.'

In The Two of Us Sheila Hancock relived her life with John Thaw - years packed with love and family, work and houses, delight and despair. And then she looked ahead. What next? Gardening, grannying and grumbling, while they all had their pleasures, weren't going to fill the aching void that John had left.

'Live adventurously', a piece of Quaker advice, was hovering in her mind. So, putting her and John's much-loved house in France on the market - too many memories - she embarked, instead, on a series of journeys. She tried holidaying alone, contending with invisibility and budget flights. She tried travelling in a group, but the questions she wanted to ask were never the ones the guide wanted to answer. She tried relaxing - harder than you might think. Finally, heading out of her comfort zone, she found her travels and new discoveries led her back to her past: to consider her generation - the last to experience the Second World War - and the kind of person it made her.

Just Me is a book about moving on, but it is also about looking back, and looking anew. Sheila, whether facing down burglars and easyJet staff (cross her at your peril) or making friends with waiters and taxi drivers, whether unearthing secrets in Budapest, getting arrested in Thailand, exulting in the art of Venice or mingling with the Mafia in Milan, is never less than stimulating company. Honest - because if you can't say what you think at seventy-five, when can you? - insightful and wonderfully down-to-earth, she is a woman seizing the future with wit, gusto and curiosity - on her own.

More books from Bloomsbury Publishing

Cover of the book Stripping, Sex, and Popular Culture by Sheila Hancock
Cover of the book Prefab Homes by Sheila Hancock
Cover of the book The Earth, My Butt, and Other Big Round Things by Sheila Hancock
Cover of the book German Special Forces of World War II by Sheila Hancock
Cover of the book Fw 190 Defence of the Reich Aces by Sheila Hancock
Cover of the book World War II US Army Combat Equipments by Sheila Hancock
Cover of the book Consumer Law by Sheila Hancock
Cover of the book The Fundamentals of Architecture by Sheila Hancock
Cover of the book Second Battle of El Alamein by Sheila Hancock
Cover of the book The Child in Film by Sheila Hancock
Cover of the book Early Modern Theatre and the Figure of Disability by Sheila Hancock
Cover of the book Knights' Tales: The Knight of Spurs and Spirits by Sheila Hancock
Cover of the book Kitchener by Sheila Hancock
Cover of the book Britain, Germany and the Battle of the Atlantic by Sheila Hancock
Cover of the book French Foreign Légionnaire 1890–1914 by Sheila Hancock
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy