Bøger af Christine Lee

An inspirational read about victory over alcoholism. Many of us may face challenges in our lives that cause us to feel trapped with no way out. This read will help you to understand that you are not a victim, you are a survivor!

Featuring 650+ full-color glossy stickers designed by a teacher, Teaching Is a Work of Heart is a heartwarming, joyful sticker book dedicated to the all teachers we know and love. Celebrate teachers and all they do with this uplifting collection of original stickers in all shapes and sizes and filled with words that speak to the life. There are stickers of appreciation (Teachers change the world) and stickers that energize, especially on a day with challenges (You got this!). Stickers with humor (Three reasons to become a teacher: June, July, August) and stickers that just get it (Tired as a teacher). Inspiring quotes are on the back of each sheet, such as "One child, one teacher, one book, and one pen can change the world"—Malala Yousafzai. And yes, there are many, many stars!

'Our childhood came to an end when our parents parted and from then on Jennifer was placed in the impossible position of having to be a parent to me, her sister. I shall always be grateful for her protection . . .'Millions have fallen in love with Jennifer Worth and her experiences in the East End as chronicled in Call the Midwife but little is known about her life outside this period. Now, in this moving and evocative memoir, Jennifer's sister, Christine, takes us from their early idyllic years to the cruelty and neglect they suffered after their parents divorced, from Jennifer being forced to leave home at fourteen to their training as nurses.After leaving nursing Jennifer took up a career in music, her first love, and Christine became a sculptor, but through marriages and children, joy and heartbreak, their lives remained intertwined. Absorbing and emotional, The Midwife's Sister by Christine Lee is testimony to an enduring bond between two extraordinary women.

At the start we find the central character, Ivy, lying in a hospital bed, slowly recovering from a hip operation. She is lonely and missing Arthur, her much loved husband, terribly. They are both in their early 70s. He has Alzheimer's and has been put in a home. She does not like this at all. This indomitable lady also dislikes being in a hospital ward. She rebels and walks out. To her amazement she also rebels against her old way of life and dowdy self.Back at home she makes her first serious choice. She avoids the police who come knocking at her door. She goes to the cupboard on the landing pulling out the old trunks containing her mother's extremely glamorous clothes. She tries them on beginning a journey from which she never returns. She sorts out passports, packing her new self in a couple of large suitcases collecting money from the bank and her dear husband from the home.They travel to Saint Pancras Station, then on to Paris before leaving for the South of France where their lives unfold.The fascinating characters she meets along the way give warmth humour and pathos to her extraordinary adventures.