- Title:
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Making It: How Love, Kindness and Community Helped Me Repair My Life
- Written by:
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Jay Blades
- Read by:
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Damian Lynch
- Format:
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Unabridged CD Audio Book
- Number of CDs:
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7
- Duration:
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7 hours 53 minutes
- Published:
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July 01 2021
- Available Date:
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July 01 2021
- Age Category:
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Adult
- ISBN:
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9781867544234
- Genres:
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Non-fiction; British; Memoirs; Self Help
- Publisher:
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Bolinda/Macmillan audio
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Price
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Making It is an inspirational memoir about beating the odds and turning things around even when it all seems hopeless.
'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 audiobook, 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.
'Moving and beguiling.'
The Bookseller