Meet Julia Donaldson Summer reading Books of my life - RNIB

Have you tried?
Have you tried...
a new start?
Ever wondered what it would be like to
just pack up and start all over again? All
of these books will give you a taste of
what it might be like but without any of
the hassle.
Moving into an old
farmhouse at the foot of
the Luberon Mountains
between Avignon and
Aix was the beginning
of an exotic and
bewildering new life for
Peter Mayle and his wife in A year in
Provence (braille 5v; TB 8719).
Anthony Bailey found himself in
America, lost and found. Evacuated to
the USA and fostered for the next four
years by the Spaeth family Anthony has
to adapt quickly to a whole new way of
life (braille 3v).
Elizabeth Gilbert is in her
thirties, settled in a large
house with a husband who
wants to start a family. But
she doesn’t want any of it.
So she begins her quest. In
Rome, she indulges herself
and gains nearly two stone in weight. In
India, she finds enlightenment through
scrubbing temple floors. Eat, pray, love:
one woman’s search for everything
(braille 10v; TB 17336).
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Jon Katz doesn’t go quite
as far as Elizabeth but
does leaves the suburbs
for a remote farm in order
to give Border Collie
puppy Rose a true taste
of herding life as revealed
in A home for Rose: how
my life turned upside down for the
love of a dog by Jon Katz (braille 5v;
giant print 3v; TB 16691).
In Reaching for the stars Lola Jaye’s
step-by-step guide, shows that with
plenty of self belief, confidence and
hard work, anything is possible. She had
always dreamt of being a writer but her
journey to getting published wasn’t easy.
It wasn’t until years later, after several
rejections, that she finally got her first
book deal (braille 3v; giant print).
Who moved my cheese?
an amazing way to deal
with change in your work
and in your life by Spencer
Johnson is an amusing and
enlightening story of four
characters who live in a maze
and look for cheese to nourish them
and make them happy. The cheese is a
metaphor for what you want to have in
life (braille 1v; TB 17329).
On a larger scale Days that changed
the world by Hywel Williams describes
50 days that marked the end of an era or
the start of something new (braille 5v;
TB 15406).