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A Year of Doing Good
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Fed up of New Year's resolutions involving diets and exercise abandoned on January 2nd Judith is attempting to be good. For one whole year.
She embarked on a mission to do one good deed every day. Some called it a social experiment. At times she called it madness.
Juggling family friends and a variety of neighbours in the small Northumberland village she calls home she recounts the ups downs moments of doubt and sheer bloody hard work of doing good.
From the small - babysitting a friend's child clearing up her neighbour's dead mice and feeding her friendship cake Herman the German to the slightly larger - trying to raise 10 000 for charity with her Jam Jar Army and teaching a severely handicapped child to write - she describes what she learns along the way: that no good deed is too small and that being good makes you happy. Well most of the time.
'A funny uplifting and admirable book' Observer
'Banish January blues with A Year of Doing Good by Judith O'Reilly who resolved to do one good turn day. . . utterly uplifting' Woman & Home
'Fizzing with energy Judith's writing is open-hearted and funny. . . though not a guide to doing good Judith's story may inspire you to do a little more for others this year' Express
'Glorious sincerity. . .the admiring accounts of others' lives the detailing of the deeds gladly done or furiously resented the unending chaos of family life - all are rendered honestly colourfully and occasionally hilariously' Lucy Mangan Sunday Times
A Year of Doing Good inspires the reader with the day-to-day journey of meaning gratification and joy that comes from contributing to the lives of others in so many creative ways. For those who want to put "do unto others" in the centre of their lives and reap the unexpected benefits of happiness and health this is the book for you. Elegantly written the words jump off the page' Stephen G. Post PhD author of The Hidden Gifts of Helping
Judith O'Reilly is a writer and journalist. Her first book Wife in the North was based on her blog of the same name and was a bestseller. Her second book a novel is living in a drawer. Her third book is this one. She is married with three children and for one year she tried to be good.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
312
Release Date:
2013-01-03
Publication Date:
2013-01-03
Publisher:
Penguin
Languages:
Original:
English
ISBN10:
0670921130
ISBN13:
9780670921133
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
Minimum Reading Age:
0
Weight:
374 g
Height:
129 cm
Width:
198 cm
Thickness:
18 cm
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Very good
Almost no signs of wear. Book pages have no markings, accessories are intact and all other media are in good condition.
€6,89