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Life / Donna Ashworth.

Summary:

"Donna Ashworth is the wordsmith behind the social media phenomenon LADIES PASS IT ON, and her community of more than 680,000 followers across two platforms is growing by 10,000 every month. LIFE is a collection of poems which address the issues we all face, like ageing, mental health, and body image issues as we learn to navigate the bumpiest of life's roads. A manual for the ups and downs, ins and outs and mountains in the way that we all experience, LIFE has comfort, compassion, and wisdom on every page and sheds light on the beauty in small pleasures, teaching us how to create a memorable journey full of peace, laughter, and fearlessness. Donna's poems have gone viral, traveled round the world, and been viewed millions of times. Using her own experiences to nurture others, her work is celebrated by a huge online following and is the inspiration for both video content and many songs. Her poems are frequently read by celebrities and she has been featured in both Grazia and Glamour magazine as one of the most celebrated female poets. This new collection of 135 poems about growing older with confidence, engaging with the present, and being comfortable in your own skin will encourage anyone to resist invisibility and embrace becoming bold." -- Provided by publisher.

Record details

ISBN: 1785304445
ISBN: 9781785304446
Physical Description: 143 pages ; 20 cm
Publisher: Edinburgh : Black & White Publishing, 2022.
Copyright: ©2022

Content descriptions

General Note:

"Poems to help navigate life's many twists & turns" -- Front cover.

Formatted Contents Note:

Life -- Your perfect -- Weekend -- The interrupt -- This is no waiting room -- Say it -- Women -- One -- Mother nature wants a word -- Pointless -- To the woman who has taken too much -- Cage -- And you can -- Numb -- The best advice -- Your shoulders -- A lot -- Rest -- The cost -- War and hope -- Don't miss your own party -- Less -- Let her out -- Sleep won't help -- Be the peace -- Unstoppable -- Circus -- Crashed -- Decide -- Your best days -- Spark -- Summer body -- Your worth is your castle -- Passing on -- Mirror -- When you cannot bear your body -- I have been her -- What is wisdom -- Mountains -- Fuel -- Your to-do list -- The trick -- Stop -- Sand -- Your whole life -- Joy -- Change -- Slim -- Lost -- Flaws -- When women come together -- The wise old man -- The concept of age -- I have laughed -- Men don't age better -- Invisible -- So old -- The empty nest -- Teach -- Life begins -- Younger -- Precious -- Let me age -- When we're older -- The colour in age -- The contented crone -- Ask me my age.