LUCY MANGAN

As a child Lucy Mangan was reading all the time using books to navigate the challenges and complexities of this world and many others As an adult she uses her new relationship with literature to seize upon the most important question how do books prepare us for life Bookish picks up where Bookworm left off at the cusp of teenage when everything including the way we read undergoes a not so subtle transformation Here Mangan vividly recounts her metamorphosis from young bookworm to bookish adult from the way GCSE curricula can impact our relationship with literature to the growing pains of swapping the pleasures of re reading for those of book hoarding Revisiting the books of all genres from thrillers and bonkbusters to historical sagas and apocalyptic zombie stories that ferried her through each important stages of life falling in love finding a job becoming a mother and navigating grief Bookish is a coming of age in books It s an ode to our favourite bookish spaces from the smallest secondhand bookstalls to libraries glorious big bookshops and our very own book rooms and a love story to how books not only shelter our souls through hard times and help us find ourselves when we feel lost but also help us connect with the people we love

A love letter to the joys of childhood reading from Wonderland to Narnia When Lucy Mangan was little stories were everything They opened up new worlds and cast light on all the complexities she encountered in this one She was whisked away to Narnia and Kirrin Island and Wonderland She ventured down rabbit holes and womble burrows into midnight gardens and chocolate factories She wandered the countryside with Milly Molly Mandy and played by the tracks with the Railway Children With Charlotte s Web she discovered Death and with Judy Blume it was Boys No wonder she only left the house for her weekly trip to the library or to spend her pocket money on amassing her own at home In Bookworm Lucy revisits her childhood reading with wit love and gratitude She relives our best beloved books their extraordinary creators and looks at the thousand subtle ways they shape our lives She also disinters a few forgotten treasures to inspire the next generation of bookworms and set them on their way Lucy brings the favourite characters of our collective childhoods back to life prompting endless re readings rediscoveries and inevitably fierce debate and brilliantly uses them to tell her own story that of a born and unrepentant bookworm Passionate witty i

Como um banho quentinho antes de dormir, Histórias para adultos estressados conforta almas cansadas e acalma mentes ansiosas antes de uma boa noite de sono.Em um mundo cada vez mais corrido e imediatista, somos dominados por telas e sobrecarregados pelas demandas do lar e do trabalho. Mesmo sabendo que uma noite bem dormida e fundamental para a nossa saude, em meio as ocupaçes, negligenciamos nosso relaxamento e nosso sono. Em Historias para adultos estressados, a jornalista e colunista do Guardian Lucy Mangan reune classicos da literatura ocidental capazes de nos levar gentilmente a pacifica terra de Morfeu. E, finalmente, conseguir construir o habito de parar e restaurar um pouco de paz ao fim do dia.Seja por meio de poemas, contos ou fragmentos de romances, Historias para adultos estressados e uma coletanea de historias curtas cuidadosamente construida para suavizar a agitaço e sobrecarga de dias estressantes. Formular narrativas e o modo como damos sentido ao mundo. Qualquer que seja nossa idade, as historias tem o poder de nos acalmar. Ento, permita-se mergulhar em novos e antigos universos, reinos magicos e misteriosos capazes de nos transportar a bons sonhos.Entre contos classicos de autores como Oscar Wilde, Lewis Carroll, Anton Tchekhov e Virginia Woolf e narrativas menos conhecidas mas igualmente fascinantes, Historias para adultos estressados nos conduz com delicadeza ao descanso pleno. Lembra-nos da sensaço unica de mergulhar em uma historia, como se voltassemos a infancia. Portanto, aconchegue-se e esqueça as responsabilidades e atribulaçes do dia a dia. Uma boa noite de sono esta a apenas uma ou duas paginas de distancia. "O livro perfeito para acalmar sua mente em dias estressantes." Red Magazine"Finalmente um livro que nos afasta da luz azul fria do smartphone e nos leva ao brilho suavizante de poemas, contos e outras historias curtas." The Simple Things"Acalme e restaure sua mente ansiosa antes de dormir... o mais belo livro que, sem duvida, colocara voce no clima para uma boa noite de sono." The Sun

"""El libro del feminismo"" recoge algunas de las ideas feministas más destacadas desde el siglo XVIII hasta el presente. En él figuran místicas, escritoras, científicas, políticas, artistas y muchas otras mujeres que aportaron nuevos pensamientos, actitudes, definiciones, reglas, prioridades y percepciones,que nos ayudan a comprender como se organiza el mundo actual, y cuanto camino tiene el movimiento aun por recorrer. "

'Passionate, witty, informed, and gloriously opinionated' Jacqueline Wilson 'Beautiful and moving... It will kickstart a cascade of nostalgia for countless people' Marian Keyes When Lucy Mangan was little, stories were everything. They opened up new worlds and cast light on all the complexities she encountered in this one. She was whisked away to Narnia - and Kirrin Island - and Wonderland. She ventured down rabbit holes and womble burrows into midnight gardens and chocolate factories. She wandered the countryside with Milly-Molly-Mandy, and played by the tracks with the Railway Children. With Charlotte's Web she discovered Death and with Judy Blume it was Boys. No wonder she only left the house for her weekly trip to the library or to spend her pocket money on amassing her own at home. In Bookworm, Lucy revisits her childhood reading with wit, love and gratitude. She relives our best-beloved books, their extraordinary creators, and looks at the thousand subtle ways they shape our lives. She also disinters a few forgotten treasures to inspire the next generation of bookworms and set them on their way. Lucy brings the favourite characters of our collective childhoods back to life - prompting endless re-readings, rediscoveries, and, inevitably, fierce debate - and brilliantly uses them to tell her own story, that of a born, and unrepentant, bookworm.