Making It: How Love, Kindness and Community Helped Me Repair My Life
Language: English
Published by Bluebird, 2021
- Signed
- Hardcover
- Used
Seller: Neo Books, Sidcup, KENT, United KingdomNeo Books
AbeBooks seller since May 27, 2015
Condition: Used - Very good
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7th impression, Corner unclipped, some light wear to edges and corners of dustjacket, edges a little creased, some light wear to covers and spine, top and bottom of spine a little bumped, internally in good condition, pages crisp and clear, signed by the author on the front end paper with a dedication to a previous owner.
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- Title
- Making It: How Love, Kindness and Community Helped Me Repair My Life
- Author
- Jay Blades
- Publisher
- Bluebird
- Publication year
- 2021
- Condition
- Very Good
- Dust jacket
- Very Good
- Signed
- Signed by Author(s)
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 1529059194
- ISBN 13
- 9781529059199
- Seller catalogs
- Biography, Signed by The Author
'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.'
In this book, Jay Blades 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 The Repair Shop.
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.
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About the Author
Originally from Hackney, Jay is dyslexic and after leaving school at 15 with no qualifications, he eventually managed to get back on track studying for a degree in criminology and philosophy at Buckingham University before finding his true vocation in restoration.
Jay is an inspirational motivator and was the former co-founder of award-winning social enterprises Out of The Dark and Street of Dreams. Working with disengaged and disadvantaged young people, Jay was able to mentor and support thousands of individuals over the years to realise their full potential.
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Neo Books
Sidcup, KENT, United Kingdom
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