Helen Brown





Helen Brown

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Helen Brown was born and brought up in New Zealand, where she first worked as a journalist, TV presenter, and scriptwriter. Now living in Melbourne, Australia, with her family, Helen continues to write columns for the New Zealand media, and she’s been voted Columnist of the Year several times. Cleo rose to the top of the bestseller list in its first weeks in the United Kingdom, New Zealand, and Australia and has been translated into more than eight languages.


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I tend to roll my eyes when people moan about the hassles of updating their websites. I won't any more. Most of this week was devoured traipsing through the website I set up with Robert the computer guy six odd years ago.

God, I was boring back then. All I had was a weekly column syndicated to half a dozen provincial newspapers in New Zealand. Most of the editors were invariably threatening to f... Read more of this blog post »
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Average rating: 3.94 · 1,510 ratings · 311 reviews · 27 distinct works · Similar authors
Cleo
3.93 of 5 stars 3.93 avg rating — 1,399 ratings — published 2009 — 23 editions
After Cleo
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“Guilt isn't in cat vocabulary. They never suffer remorse for eating too much, sleeping too long or hogging the warmest cushion in the house. They welcome every pleasurable moment as it unravels and savour it to the full until a butterfly or falling leaf diverts their attention. They don't waste energy counting the number of calories they've consumed or the hours they've frittered away sunbathing.

Cats don't beat themselves up about not working hard enough. They don't get up and go, they sit down and stay. For them, lethargy is an art form. From their vantage points on top of fences and window ledges, they see the treadmills of human obligations for what they are - a meaningless waste of nap time.”
Helen Brown, Cleo

“Great joy doesn't obliterate grief. Both can be encompassed at the same time.”
Helen Brown, Cleo

“People persuade themselves they deserve easy lives, that being human makes us somehow exempt from pain. The theory works fine until we face the inevitable challenges. Our conditioning of denial in no way equips us to deal with the difficult times that not one of us escapes.

Cleo's motto seemed to be: Life's tough and that's okay, because life is also fantastic. Love it, live it - but don't be fooled into thinking it's not harsh sometimes. Those who've survived periods of bleakness are often better at savoring good times and wise enough to understand that good times are actually great.”
Helen Brown, Cleo

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