Alexandra Heminsley Libri

Alexandra Heminsley insegna a ridere della condizione di ex. Ex è bello, ex è un vanto, uno stato a cui aspirare: un vero e proprio trampolino di lancio. Non bisogna temere di rimanere senza qualcuno al proprio fianco, perché essere mollate è la condizione ideale per dare una svolta alla propria vita. Dirsi addio è salutare, è come nascere una seconda volta. Essere mollate è un attimo, certe volte un fulmine a ciel sereno. Si può essere scaricate ovunque: per strada, al ristorante, sul pianerottolo; le situazioni cambiano ma la sofferenza e il disagio sono gli stessi, per noi come per le "mollate" più famose della storia, da Maria Callas a Madame Butterfly, da Jennifer Aniston a Rossella O'Hara. L'autrice si prende gioco delle frasi più utilizzate dal maschio di turno per troncare: frasi come "Dobbiamo parlare", "Prendiamoci una pausa di riflessione" o "Non sei tu, sono io". Ritornelli famigliari... Bene! Non sono più un problema: la fine di un rapporto è il principio, un nuovo inizio. E se proprio ci fosse bisogno di qualcosa con cui consolarsi il libro suggerisce un'ampia gamma di canzoni adatte per qualsiasi umore, per deprimersi, riprendersi oppure per esaltarsi. "Ex and the city": un manuale ironico, divertente, dissacrante, ricco di suggerimenti e consigli fondamentali per essere le "mollate" più cool e trasformare le proprie disavventure nelle vicende più glam di una vita intera!

What happens when life doesn't go to plan? From the author of Running Like a Girl and Leap In comes a remarkable memoir about gender, body-image and the re-configuring of her own family 'Today I sat on a bench facing the sea, the one where I waited for L to be born, and sobbed my heart out. I don't know if I'll ever recover.' This note was written on 9 November 2017. As the seagulls squawked overhead and the sun dipped into the sea, Alexandra Heminsley's world was turning completely inside out. Alex's husband had decided to transition. The news had been delivered while their baby slept quietly in the next room. But this vertiginous moment represented only the latest in a series of events that had left Alex feeling more and more dissociated from her own body, turning her into a seemingly unreliable narrator of her own reality. Some Body to Love is Alex's profoundly open-hearted memoir about losing her husband but keeping a friend whilst bringing a baby into the world. Its exploration of what it means to have a human body, to feel connected or severed from it, and how we might learn to accept our own, makes it a vital, level-headed contribution to the incendiary debates on body-image and gender.

'If you've ever wept, "Why Do I Want To Run?" your answer is here.' Caitlin Moran Alexandra Heminsley had high hopes: the arse of an athlete, the waist of a supermodel, the speed of a gazelle. Defeated by gyms and bored of yoga, she decided to run. Her first attempt did not end well. Six years later, she has run five marathons in two continents. But, as her dad says, you run with your head as much as with your legs. So, while this is a book about running, it's not just about running. You could say it's about ambition (yes, getting out of bed on a rainy Sunday morning counts), relationships (including talking to the intimidating staff in the trainer shop), as well as your body (your boobs don't have to wobble when you run). But it's also about realising that you can do more than you ever thought possible. Very funny, very honest and very emotional, whether you're in serious training or thinking about running for the bus, this is a book for anyone who after wine and crisps for supper a few too many times thinks they might . . . just might . . . like to run like a girl.

Alexandra Heminsley thought she could swim. She really did. It may have been because she could run. It may have been because she wanted to swim; or perhaps because she only ever did ten minutes of breaststroke at a time. But, as she learned one day while flailing around in the sea, she really couldn’t. Believing that a life lived fully isn’t one with the most money earned, the most stuff bought or the most races won, but one with the most experiences, experienced the most fully, she decided to conquer her fear of the water. From the ignominy of getting into a wetsuit to the triumph of swimming to Ithaca, Alexandra learned to appreciate her body and still her mind in becoming a swimmer. As it turns out, the water is never as frightening once you're in, and really, everything is better when you remember to exhale.

The stunning, emotional literary debut from Sunday Times-bestselling author, journalist and broadcaster Alexandra Heminsley sees two half-sisters who have never met before battling to survive a year on a remote, dangerous but beautiful Norwegian island.