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Lädt ... Surf Mama: One Woman's Search for Love, Happiness and the Perfect Wave (2014. Auflage)von Wilma Johnson (Autor)
Werk-InformationenSurf Mama: One Woman's Search for Love, Happiness and the Perfect Wave von Wilma Johnson
Keine Keine aktuelle Diskussion zu diesem Buch.  PDCRead | Apr 6, 2020 |   This was a brilliant read. Wilma's self-deprecating humour throughout this memoir is fantastic. There's just enough of it. I love Wilma, I loved how she told her story from surf widow to surf mama. The best parts of the book is when she's out there on the surf, especially battling it out with the men - which seems to not be the done thing. She doesn't hold back, she doesn't cover her flaws, she just lets it all out and that I find inspiring. She doesn't make out that the moment she hit the waves she was a professional surfer, her broken bones, bruises, aches and pains give fact to that. It's made me want to grab a wetsuit, a surf board and learn how to surf. (  ) Chicalicious | Dec 28, 2014 | Zeige 2 von 2 keine Rezensionen | Rezension hinzufügen
Wilma Johnson thought she knew what her life was; she was living on the west coast of Ireland with her surfer husband and three children, balancing the challenges of being an artist, wife and mother, when impulse and a deep desire to seize the day led her to move to Biarritz and become a surfer. The waters aren't always calm and relationships aren't always steady, but once she knows the euphoric feeling of catching the biggest wave of her live, it's all worth it. Besides, she's already gone from being a free-living, naturist performance artist to Earth Mother, so becoming a Surf Mama is just one more step - right? AUTHOR: Wilma Johnson has a degree in fine art and was part of the Neo-Naturist performance art group, appearing throughout the 1980s in venues as diverse as the Royal Opera House and the Spanish Anarchist headquarters. She spent a year in Mexico, following the fiesta, painting in hotel rooms and drinking pulque with friends of Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera. She took up surfing at the age of 45 and moved to an art deco casino near Biarritz. SELLING POINTS: * An inspiring memoir of a woman making a fresh start in midlife; will appeal to anyone who has ever dreamed of starting over * Surfing is a consistently popular subject, and Wilma, now an expert surfer, writes about it with a beginner's passion REVIEWS: 'Surf Mama is an exceptional memoir... a highly inspiring, thoroughly enjoyable and heartily recommended book' - theculturepick.com Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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Shortly after getting there her marriage hits a wipeout moment, her children cannot speak the language and she faces her greatest moment of despair. Finding other women who also want to learn to surf, she forms The Mamas Surf Club. From that very first moment she catches the wave she becomes addicted to that feeling of freedom.
Following all her ups and down with surfing, family and building a new life in France, as well trying to find a new companion, this is a funny lighthearted view of starting a new life in a different country. (