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Just Me

By: Sheila Hancock
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Summary

‘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 relived her life with John Thaw - years packed with love and family, 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 Quaker advice, was hovering around her brain. Putting her and John's much loved house in France on the market she embarked 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 the things she discovered, 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 or making friends with waiters and taxi drivers, whether unearthing secrets in Budapest, getting arrested in Thailand, exulting in the art of Venice or searching for a decent cup of coffee in Dorset, is never less than stimulating company. Honest - because if you can't say what you think at seventy-three, when can you? - insightful and wonderfully down to earth, she is a woman seizing the future with wit, gusto and curiosity, on her own.
©2008 Sheila Hancock (P)2008 Bloomsbury Publishing Plc

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"Just Me"

Such a well balanced and entertaining book written by one who has successfully journeyed through bereavement to emerge as a person who has worked hard to become able and ready to pick up and enjoy life albeit as an 'older' 'single' lady. Sheila writes with insight on just how difficult it can be to engage with society and friends after the death of a loved one, but also her insights help to speak into how it can be for anyone who lives life alone whether by choice or circumstances. A jolly good entertaining, very well read book that is sure to entertain.

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Interesting reas after reading about The Two of Us

I appreciated Sheila’s honest thoughts and comments on many subjects. And to see how her grief gradually became easier to bear

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Interesting

Loved it. Mix of happy bunny interesting . Wonderfully dead by Sheila. Will read more by this author

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Beautiful book

What a beautiful , thoughtful and sensitive book. It’s sad at times, but also honest and uplifting. Thank you for writing it Sheila.

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An excellent portrayal.
Well read and extremely interesting a definite recommendation.
Inspirational and easy to listen to

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Brilliant

Made me laugh, feel sad and reflect in equal measure. I admire Sheila Hancock - a great role model.

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Thank you

Loved this Thank you for writing it Sheila ! A wonderful uplifting example of living a life alone .

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So sorry when it ended!

So loved hearing Sheila Hancock tell her story. A fascinating woman with so much of interest to say. Very touching in places...the love between her and John thaw obviously so deep. An excellent account of her life since his death...and so well narrated. Sad when the book ended !

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Joyous and heartbreaking, in equal measure!

I seem to find myself reading Sheila Hancock’s books in reverse order! I started with Old Rage, through which I found myself in complete agreement with every comment she made, and realised how grateful I was to not be alone in my beliefs! Now, being addicted to hearing that soft, thoughtful and caring voice I have just finished ‘Just Me’, with a mixture of tears and delight. I am now downloading ‘The Two of Us’ and wondering what I shall do, when there is only one volume of this charming woman’s thoughts left, for me to share my day with!

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Eloquent & Surprising

I admire Sheila Hancock for her acting & really enjoyed her previous book about her life with John Thaw. She pulled no punches then & doesn't in this book about learning to live without John. She is frank about grief but also able to celebrate joy. Also frank about he relationship with her daughters ie becoming clingy & feeling sorry for herself but coming through it & building something stronger. The 'surprising' part was her visits to Hungary & Germany & her graphic re-telling of the uprisings in the 1950s & how man Germans have or in some cases have not adjusted since the end of WW2.
Above all I loved her optimism & determination to live the final years of her life to the full. THIS BOOK IS WELL WORTH READING.

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