Books June 2010 - June 2011

Open
By Andre Agassi
Out of all the books listed here, I enjoyed this one the most. It is very well-written (J.R. Moehringer put it together). Agassi expressed his opinions and detailed events very honestly. It was surprising to learn how much agassi hated tennis and sad to learn about his childhood and the influences of his father. I read a lot of it on the train to work. I was totally immersed in the book that sitting down at work typing away on the computer afterwards felt very strange. Highly recommended.

A pressure cooker saved my life- How to Have It All, Do It All, and Keep It All Together By Juanita Phillips AND
love wisdom motherhood - conversations with inspiring women By Jessica Rowe
These two books are both written by newsreaders about motherhood. Juanita Philips wrote about her own motherhood struggles while Jessica Rowe wroute about other womens thoughts and experiences of motherhood and work. Juanita talked about her role-reversal experiment (she worked full time while hubby stayed at home and looked after kids) and how that nearly broke the marriage. And Jessica wrote about Heidi Middleton (co-owner of Sass & Bide fastion label) dealing with breast-cancer while pregnant with her second child, how tired Gail Kelly (Wespac CEO) felt when her triplets were young(she also had a older child before the triplets), Collette Dinnigan as a single parent, Quentin Bryce (Governor general) nearly had a breakdown and other stories. It's comforting to know that even all of these well-known Mums had a lot of help from familiy and outside help, they still struggle with balancing it all.

Tea time for the traditionally built
By Alexander McCall Smith

The art of racing in the rain
By Garth Stein
Sad story.

Eat pray love
By Elisabeth Gilbert
An interesting real-story and page-turner. I found myself reading it slowly as to save pages so I could enjoy the book a little longer. The movie was a little disjointed and confusing I thought.