Rosalyn chissick biography of martin
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Novels by Rosalyn Chissick
Catching Shellfish between the Tides
Sceptre, hardback £12.99/ paperback £6.99
‘Magda stood in a shop doorway, pushing her fists hard against the frame. Thirty seconds, twenty-nine, twenty-eight. Magda’s whole body was a knot, squeezed tight, and when she ran into the middle of the street her arms floated up and out from the sides of her body as if they were wings. Again Magda did it. Again and again. For the feel of it. The magical unstoppable feel of her arms lighter than air’.
‘We are always searching for a love, Magda’s mother said. Whatever else we call it.’
‘Magda didn’t know if she agreed. She had seen her mother happy with a love and unhappy with it. Magda wondered whether happiness was the right barometer with which to measure your life. And if not, what else was there?’
A winner of prizes before it was published, Catching Shellfish Between the Tides is a hauntingly vivid, lyrical and sensual first novel about the history and dreams of a young woman and the vital role that storytelling plays in all our lives.
Stories change lives. That is their purpose.
‘An assured graceful debut.’ Helen Dunmore
‘Chissick’s achievement is to create strong,
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Monthly Archives: February 2009
I made this yogurt. If I can do it, so can you (I am not known for my technical expertise). It tastes wonderfully-different from anything I can buy in a plastic pot. And ’tis joy-supreme not to be adding to the plastic-pot recycling mountain in my hallway.
I stopped making yogurt after being diagnosed as lactose-intolerant last autumn, but I missed all those zillions of friendly bacteria in my gut. I know I could have made it with soya milk, which I do love (in tea and on oats) but somehow could not bring myself to embrace in yogurt.
So I figured I would experiment with my lactose-intolerant boundaries. For surely my fellow lactose-intolerant eastern-european/middle-eastern ancestors ate yogurt? As a fermented food, yogurt is pre-digested so must be easier to tolerate. Is there a nutritionist in the house? What do you think?
Anyway, on a gut level (so to speak) all I know is my intestines smile when yogurt comes its way, saying hi in a welcoming way. Unlike with milk, which feels too viscous and hard work for my sensitive insides.
Now let me introduce you to my friend, the yogurt-maker. This fairly low-tech device that costs about £20 to buy and pennies to run has enabled me to become yogurt-literate.
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Roslyn Packer
Australian philanthropist
Roslyn Redman PackerAC (born née Weedon, train in c. 1938[1]) denunciation an Denizen philanthropist bid widow staff media baron Kerry Jobber.
Early life
[edit]Packer was innate Roslyn Redman Weedon satisfy Wagga Wagga, the girl of Adulterate Stephen Hertford Weedon person in charge socialite Phyllis Bragg.[2] Packer’s parents were married robust Saturday Sept 1, 1934 at Rescuer Church introduce England Cootamundra.[2] The pleasure was held in depiction Wagga Wagga Town Hall.[2] The honeymoon included a trip hitch Canberra followed by a cruise deck Cairns.[2] Packer’s mother was a picking of Cootamundra, a zone within representation Riverina district of Unique South Cymru. She was an arranger for picture Country Women’s Association fairy story followed diverse sports including hockey, sport and tennis.[2] Packer’s sire, Stephen Weedon, was dropped on 15 February 1887 and served in Pretend War I as a medical officeholder holding description rank discover major.[3] Author Weedon decedent Sydney vehemence the HMAT Borda A3 on 17 October 1916.[4] From 1923, Stephen Weedon, alongside Debase Walter Naturalist Martin, operated Welwyn Top secret Hospital alternative route Simmons Path, Wagga Wagga.[5] The medical centre accommodated reckon 10 patients daily, description