Getting Unstuck Without Coming Unglued: A Woman's Guide to Unblocking Creativity

A Woman's Guide to Unblocking Creativity by Susan O'Doherty is a self help book especially for women who are experiencing  barriers to their creativity.

In This book Susan takes you through stories of 5 women and herself and tells you how to liberate yourself and find creative side of your personality.

The book starts with the positive and negative comments we get from our family from early years and impact it has on our creativity.In order to unblock your creativity she says you should analyze your life and embrace your shadow self.She conveys the  importance of having a role model in life so as to guide you in your creative pursuits.Art is not always something which can adhere to norms of the society it needs to be original and with alignment of ones self belief then only it is a true expression of art.She takes you through the journey in a women's life where in she has to manage her creativity and motherhood and how her new role makes her more strong and at the same time so vulnerable.

I found the content of this book both inspiring and helpful and it can certainly motivate a person to find their creative side and pursue it no matter where and what age they are in.

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The Girl in the Italian Bakery by Kenneth Tingle

I had this book on my Kindle, so while browsing through books for my next read I came upon this and thought of reading its reviews which I found  interesting and all the more its based out in Lawrence,MA which is kind of close to the place where I'm residing these days.Hence I decide to read it.

The book is about Kenny Tingle and his family which comprises to of his two elder brothers Gary , Tommy and his mom.He is raised by single mother in Lawrence , MA .Their mother finds it difficult to cater to all their needs because of financial difficulties and with no support from their father.

The book talks about their life , their struggles in growing up years and how Kenny's family totally fells apart and the author goes in and out of foster homes and gets into bad habits like stealing and so on, he overcomes all this and finally lands up in a career with Marine Crops which is remarkable for a person who has been through so much struggle.

It's a good one time read, where in the author conveys the message that Life is what you make it and one can always come over the difficulties and trials of life if he/she is determined enough to do it.

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