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I think I will add this one to my must read, ruby. I am new too to book club online.
Hi, Ruby.
I don't think you'd have to worry about the title. It's a pretty well-known slogan and people wouldn't be particularly sensitive to it. That is most people wouldn't be, at least. They'd have sense enough to know why you're using it.
It sounds like an interesting story. I wish you every luck with it.
I don't think you'd have to worry about the title. It's a pretty well-known slogan and people wouldn't be particularly sensitive to it. That is most people wouldn't be, at least. They'd have sense enough to know why you're using it.
It sounds like an interesting story. I wish you every luck with it.
Thank you Declan and Sarah,
it's good to hear it from someone else. My Nephew gasped and shook his head, youth hey? I guess from my point of view I experienced prejudice at school because my parents were Irish and because of my surname. Makes you look back and think why? That's the issue with prejudice, things change over time because cultures are assimilated and absorbed. Should we forget where we've come from because it's in the past, does prejudice affect how we see other people? I know my own mother accepted everyone for what they were regardless of race, colour or creed but I sometimes wonder if this was because she was aware of prejudice towards her?
Some people may see assimilation as an erosion of culture, as Fin would say 'one day we'll all be the same....'
Ruby :)
it's good to hear it from someone else. My Nephew gasped and shook his head, youth hey? I guess from my point of view I experienced prejudice at school because my parents were Irish and because of my surname. Makes you look back and think why? That's the issue with prejudice, things change over time because cultures are assimilated and absorbed. Should we forget where we've come from because it's in the past, does prejudice affect how we see other people? I know my own mother accepted everyone for what they were regardless of race, colour or creed but I sometimes wonder if this was because she was aware of prejudice towards her?
Some people may see assimilation as an erosion of culture, as Fin would say 'one day we'll all be the same....'
Ruby :)
The world becomes a better place all the time, Ruby. People get tired of hate. It brings nothing but ruin and still takes effort.
You're mother sounds lovely. I hope things turned out well for her.
Declan. :)
You're mother sounds lovely. I hope things turned out well for her.
Declan. :)
Wow Declan, thank you for moving me into this section, I have to presume it was you, being a technophobe I know it wasn't me ha ha.
Today I am waiting for the builder to turn up, he's late, must be having a lay in? My new kitchen should be finished by this afternoon, at least it will get the kitchen sink out of the living room :), there's only so much disruption and dust a woman can take.
Ruby :)
Today I am waiting for the builder to turn up, he's late, must be having a lay in? My new kitchen should be finished by this afternoon, at least it will get the kitchen sink out of the living room :), there's only so much disruption and dust a woman can take.
Ruby :)
I hope he shows up soon, Ruby. It must be so stressful to look at a your kitchen sink in the living room. It's certainly the kind of thing that would get under my skin.
Hey Declan, my kitchen is in and the sink has gone out of the living room thank goodness :)
It isn't only the sink that was getting under my skin, we have had an extenison built, it's all getting to me :( not much left to do now, I hope, the builder's got a completion date of a week on Monday whahoooo.
Ruby.
It isn't only the sink that was getting under my skin, we have had an extenison built, it's all getting to me :( not much left to do now, I hope, the builder's got a completion date of a week on Monday whahoooo.
Ruby.
That sounds brilliant, Ruby. I hope it all turns out the way you hoped.
It'll feel so good to have your home back to yourself.
It'll feel so good to have your home back to yourself.
I am reading, at the moment the Skye in June by June Ahern. This one got me interested because it is about catholicism from a Scottish yet pagan perspective? I am about 80% of my way through the book and I like the way the author has linked pagan ceremony with Catholic ceremony. It is interesting and challenging at the same time.
Ruby :)
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
Ruby :)
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
I finished this book a few days ago and thought I should tell you all about my review of it. I did enjoy this book, you can read my review here.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/review/R2946L...
Ruby :)
http://www.amazon.co.uk/review/R2946L...
Ruby :)
I'll have a read of that when I open my laptop later. It's a pain reading on Amazon using my phone.
You could post stuff like this in our 'What are You Reading' thread.
I'm sure some of our members would appreciate it. :)
You could post stuff like this in our 'What are You Reading' thread.
I'm sure some of our members would appreciate it. :)
Hi Declan, will do, which section would I find that in? Sorry I have looked but no luck as yet :(
Ruby :)
Ruby :)
Here's the link to that thread, Ruby.
It's not as active as it used to be, but it's still regularly used and read.
It's not as active as it used to be, but it's still regularly used and read.
Thank you Declan, sometimes it's hard to see what's in front of you ha ha.
Ruby :)
Ruby :)
I am trying to find my way around this group and if I've made a mistake please forgive me. My reason to post in this forum is that I want to hear it from the horses mouth, so to speak, any opinions of my book title. I don't want to bore you rigid but the book is set in 1960's Manchester and is about an 'unmarried mother' who is Irish and the prejudice she experiences. The book deals with family life but mainly predjudice, religious, racial and gender. It is based on family stories that I heard as a child and some of the characters are based on what I saw as a child.
As I've said, if I've posted in the wrong place please accept my apologies.
Ruby :)