Description
| Product ID: | 9781529059212 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | Making It |
| Subtitle: | How Love, Kindness and Community Helped Me Repair My Life |
| Authors: | Author: Jay Blades |
| Page Count: | 288 |
| Subjects: | Autobiography: arts and entertainment, Autobiography: arts & entertainment, Memoirs, True stories of heroism, endurance and survival, Poverty and precarity, Housing and homelessness, Coping with / advice about illness and specific health conditions, DIY: general, Memoirs, True stories of heroism, endurance & survival, Poverty & unemployment, Housing & homelessness, Coping with illness & specific conditions, DIY: general |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating A warm, nostalgic and inspirational memoir about finding success when the odds are stacked against you, from the beloved TV star of hit BBC One show The Repair Shop. <p><b>The <i>Sunday Times</i> bestseller by Jay Blades, </b><b>the beloved star of hit BBC One show <i>The Repair Shop. </i><i>Making It</i> is an inspirational memoir about beating the odds and turning things around even when it all seems hopeless.</b><br><br><i>We had our hardships, and there were times that we didn’t have a lot of food and didn’t have a lot of money. But that didn’t stop me having the time of my life.</i><br><br>In his book, Jay shares the details of his life, from his childhood growing up sheltered and innocent on a council estate in Hackney, to his adolescence when he was introduced to violent racism at secondary school, to being brutalized by police as a teen, to finally becoming the presenter of the hit primetime show <i>The Repair Shop</i>.<br><br>Jay reflects on strength, weakness and what it means to be a man. He questions the boundaries society places on male vulnerability and how letting himself be nurtured helped him flourish into the person he is today. An expert at giving a second life to cherished items, Jay’s positivity, pragmatism and kindness shine through these pages and show that with care and love, anything can be mended.</p> |
| Imprint Name: | Bluebird |
| Publisher Name: | Pan Macmillan |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2022-05-21 |