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The Long and Winding Road de Lesley Pearse

The Long and Winding Road

Autor Lesley Pearse
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 29 feb 2024

Descoperim în aceste pagini o mărturisire care depășește granițele succesului editorial: momentul în care o femeie de 48 de ani, după decenii de lupte invizibile, decide că vocea ei merită să fie auzită. Până acum, Lesley Pearse era cunoscută pentru eroinele sale care înfruntă destine potrivnice, însă The Long and Winding Road revelează faptul că cele mai dramatice încercări nu au fost ficțiune, ci propria realitate. De la imaginea sumbră a unui orfelinat în care a crescut după pierderea mamei, până la efervescența Londrei din anii '60, unde a lucrat ca „bunny girl” și croitoreasă, Pearse își recompune viața cu o onestitate tăioasă. Reținem aici nu doar parcursul unei scriitoare de succes, ci și anatomia unei supraviețuiri. Stilul este cald, marcat de un umor discret care îndulcește episoadele de vulnerabilitate extremă. Abordarea jurnalistică a memoriilor evocă Miriam, dar perspectiva este mult mai ancorată în viața domestică și în efortul fizic de a-și câștiga existența înainte de afirmarea literară. Dacă în Miriam vedem suprapunerea carierei publice cu viața de familie, la Lesley Pearse observăm cum trauma timpurie și experiențele profesionale eclectice au devenit materia primă pentru romanele care au cucerit milioane de cititori. Este o narațiune despre răbdare și despre curajul de a o lua de la capăt atunci când societatea îți spune că timpul tău a trecut.

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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780241453209
ISBN-10: 0241453208
Pagini: 384
Dimensiuni: 156 x 240 x 20 mm
Greutate: 0.75 kg
Editura: DK Children

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Recomandăm această autobiografie oricărui cititor care crede că este prea târziu pentru a-și urma pasiunea. Lesley Pearse demonstrează că succesul la maturitate este clădit pe experiențe de viață autentice, de la lipsurile din orfelinat la strălucirea Londrei interbelice. Câștigați o perspectivă onestă asupra procesului creativ și a rezilienței feminine, scrisă în limba engleză cu o căldură remarcabilă.

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Lesley Pearse didn't publish her first novel until she was 48. Now she has sold over ten million books around the world and is a constant presence on the bestseller chart. A writer of heart-stopping stories, Lesley's books are filled with heroines struggling to make it in a difficult world. Yet this description could apply to Lesley herself. In this, her first ever autobiography, she tells of growing up in an orphanage after her mother's death, her racy twenties in London during the swinging sixties and working as a bunny girl and dressmaker. Packed full of Lesley's signature warmth, wit and poignancy, this is the story of a woman and a writer fighting against the odds to achieve her dreams.

Notă biografică

International bestselling author Lesley Pearse has lived a life as rich with incidents, setbacks and joys as any found in her novels. By the mid-sixties she was living in London, sharing flats, partying hard and married to a trumpet player in a jazz-rock band. She has also worked as a nanny and a Playboy bunny, owned a gift shop and designed and made clothes to sell to boutiques. It was only after having one son and three daughters that Lesley began to write. She published her first book at forty-nine and has not looked back since. Lesley is still a party girl.

Descriere scurtă

One of the world's bestselling storytellers, Lesley Pearse writes brilliantly about survivors. Why? Because she is one herself . . .


'Inspiring and hopeful, this heartwarming memoir will have you captivated' Woman


'An incredible memoir' Sun


'[Lesley] is a great storyteller, and like all good stories The Long and Winding Road concludes with one terrific twist' Daily Mail


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Born during the Second World War, Lesley's innocence came to an abrupt end when a neighbour found her, aged 3, coatless in the snow.


The mother she'd been unable to wake had been dead for days. Sent to an orphanage, Lesley soon learned adults couldn't always be trusted.

As a teenager in the swinging sixties, she took herself to London. Here, the second great tragedy of her life occurred. Falling pregnant, she was sent to a mother and baby home, and watched helplessly as her newborn was taken from her.

But like so many of her generation, Lesley had to carry on. She was, after all, a true survivor. Marriage and children followed - and all the while she nurtured a dream: to be a writer. Yet it wasn't until at the age of 48 that her stories - of women struggling in a difficult world - found a publisher, and the bestseller lists beckoned.

As heartbreaking as it is heartwarming, Lesley's story really is A Long and Winding Road with surprises and uplifting hope around every corner . . .


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'I couldn't put this book down. Although harrowing at times, Lesley's indomitable spirit shines through. What an inspiration, what a book!' Katie Fforde


'Searingly honest, and fabulously entertaining, Lesley's life story is a poignant and powerful story that is truly unputdownable' Milly Johnson


'A totally gripping read, by turns tragic, mad-cap, heartbreaking and mind-blowing. And anyone who can read that final chapter without bursting into happy tears has to have a heart of stone' Jill Mansell


'An incredible life story from a literary icon, Lesley Pearse's truth is even more gripping than her fiction' Veronica Henry


'This inspiring, heart-warming, extraordinary memoir will have you captivated' Woman's Weekly


'Humorous and heartbreaking, Lesley opens up to her readers in a way that is rare and very special. I was so gripped I read it twice' Kate Furnivall


'What a roller coaster of a ride. I couldn't do anything else until I'd finished this book. Gripping, heart wrenching. A true life Woman of Substance. It was an amazing read' Jo Thomas