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An Extra Pair of Hands: A story of caring and everyday acts of love

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So beautifully captures the joys, sorrows and privileges of caring for someone you love at the end of their life, as well as the deep grief of letting them go. It is the story of being a woman, of being the centre point of a family and all that entails. Mostly it is a story about what it means to love someone. A must read for anyone who has ever been, or ever will be, an extra pair of hands' - Penny Wincer Mosse, 59, set up the prize shortly before she started work on her first book, a non-fiction work about pregnancy (she was pregnant with her second child). She had been working for a publishing house and was about to be promoted to “a properly big job and I knew that was the moment to say: ‘Is what you want from your life – to run a publishing company? If not, this is the time to go.’ It was one of those take-a-deep-breath-and-jump moments.” It was daunting to give up her salary – her husband was training to be a teacher – and she says it was tough for a couple of years “but it was absolutely the right thing to do, because the more you have a permanent job, and you rely on all of that infrastructure, the harder it will ever be to step out and start writing”. Maureen Nolan, 69, forced to continue working after she and her singing sisters were 'ripped off' and lost MILLIONS: 'We were young and naive' Natalie and Zafar Rushdie are expecting their second child! Singer shares excitement at having 'positive' things to look forward to Michelle Pfeiffer, 65, glams up for post-Thanksgiving selfie after showing off her roast turkey: 'I am so grateful!'David Walliams SETTLES lawsuit with Britain's Got Talent producers after being 'forced out' of show Ozzy Osbourne, 74, goes for a walk in Los Angeles with the help of a cane and two aides after ditching his wheelchair This book is about the joy of multi-generational living and the privilege, as well as the pain and the grief and the sadness that can come with it, of being able to care for the people who once cared for you.” It’s very disappointing, obviously, when women are not supporting other women,” Mosse says. “I hope that it just means that if next year, there’s another trans woman who makes it onto the longlist or the shortlist, that some of that heat will have gone out of it.” Kelly Clarkson, 41, looks thin in a belted leather jumpsuit that highlights her newly slender figure after losing a dramatic amount of weight

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An Extra Pair of Hands

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