Making it : how love, kindness and community helped me repair my life
Blades, Jay2021
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'Making It' is an inspirational memoir about beating the odds and turning things around even when it all seems hopeless. In this 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 brutalised by police as a teen, to finally becoming a beloved star 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, he speaks about how his role as a restorer mirrors his own life - if something's broken, you can always find a way to put it back together.
Main title:
Author:
Blades, Jay, author
Imprint:
London : Bluebird, 2021.
Collation:
240 pages ; 24 cm
ISBN:
9781529059199 (hbk)
Dewey class:
791.45092920.BLAD920.BLAB BLAB.BLA791.4509920920BLA920 BLA920.791.45
LC class:
PN1992.4
Local class:
B/BLAB BLA791.45092920.BLA791.45092 BLA
Language:
English
BRN:
2824110