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Don’t Let Your Midlife Crisis Ruin Your Children’s Lives

Wavewalker by Suzanne Heywood

March 7, 2024 by Pooja Leave a Comment

When Suzanne’s parents tell her that their family is going to live on a boat and sail around the world, they sell it to her and everyone as the adventure of a lifetime. But the reality of it is much more grim, with constant instability and little care for the children’s education or futures. Talk about making your midlife crisis your children’s problem! Having seen an uptick of chatter online about parents gaming the homeschooling system to let their kids run wild, it was interesting […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Non-Fiction Tagged With: #memoir, adventure, Australia, childhood, coming-of-age, Education, Non-Fiction, Pacific Ocean, Suzanne Heywood, travel

Pooja's CBR16 Review No:36 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Non-Fiction · Tags: #memoir, adventure, Australia, childhood, coming-of-age, Education, Non-Fiction, Pacific Ocean, Suzanne Heywood, travel ·
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Thank you Pacific Ocean! And good night!

Lloyd Finds His Whalesong by Skylaar Amann

July 6, 2020 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

What book was going to be my cbr12bingo Music block? Though I could not remember the title right off, I knew a book about a whale I had read would be perfect. After bugging a coworker to 1) read it and 2) tell me the title I found it. The background to the book is almost as fun. as the book itself. As I said, after I had found this book that had caught my eye because of its lovely blue cover, that allowed me […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction Tagged With: biodiversity, cbr12bingo, Courage, Mammals, Marine Life, music, Pacific Ocean, Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance, Skylaar Amann, ukulele

BlackRaven's CBR12 Review No:227 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction · Tags: biodiversity, cbr12bingo, Courage, Mammals, Marine Life, music, Pacific Ocean, Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance, Skylaar Amann, ukulele ·
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