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The Trick Is to Keep Breathing - Janice Galloway
The Trick Is to Keep Breathing
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Joy Stone, a 27-year-old drama teacher, has come undone. Suffering from a deep depression, the problems of everyday living accumulate and begin to torture her, and she attributes her difficulties not to troubles at work, or to the accidental death of her illicit lover, but to herself. While... show more
Joy Stone, a 27-year-old drama teacher, has come undone. Suffering from a deep depression, the problems of everyday living accumulate and begin to torture her, and she attributes her difficulties not to troubles at work, or to the accidental death of her illicit lover, but to herself. While painful and deeply serious, this is a novel of great warmth and energy, as Joy is f
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Format: Paperback
Publisher: Minerva
Pages no: 236
Edition language: English
Category:
Novels, Literature, European Literature, British Literature, Cultural, Literary Fiction, 20th Century, Contemporary, Modern, Psychology, Mental Health, Mental Illness, Scotland
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La Mala *the mean girl*
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The Trick is to Keep Reading.That is what I had to keep telling myself every 25 pages or so. I would have to break away and move to another book for a bit, before I could breathe in and come back, always willingly, to this Keep Breathing of a novel.There is not too much of a plot in this book. I...
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Marked no way because I don't want to be in the position of having to give this a 1* because of lack of interest in the subject.
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This book scared me. It made wonder how far or how close I really am from the edge.
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The main character in this novel, ironically named Joy, is as deeply depressed as any character I've encountered. Joy has lost her mother to suicide and has broken off her long-term relationship with a boyfriend. She started an affair with a married man who unexpectedly dies as well. Reviewers say t...
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The Trick Is to Keep Breathing - Janice Galloway
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The Trick Is to Keep Breathing: A Novel - Janice Galloway
The Trick Is to Keep Breathing - Janice Galloway
Trick Is To Keep Breathing - Janice Galloway
The Trick Is To Keep Breathing - Janice Galloway
The Trick Is to Keep Breathing - Janice Galloway
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