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Claire Rayner (1931–2010)

Auteur van The Rand McNally Atlas of the Body and Mind

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Journalist, author and social campaigner Claire Rayner was born in London, England on January 22, 1931. She trained as a nurse at the Royal Northern Hospital School of Nursing and worked as a midwife. She was considered an authority on child care and medical subjects and wrote numerous articles and toon meer books on such topics as sex education, home nursing, and family health. She also wrote fiction novels including the Poppy Chronicles, the Performers series, the Dr. George Barnabas Mystery series, and the Quentin Quartet series. As a journalist, she wrote an agony column and contributed to newspapers, magazines, and medical journals. In 1996, she received an OBE for her service to women's and health issues. She died on October 11, 2010 at the age of 79. (Bowker Author Biography) toon minder
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Werken van Claire Rayner

Gower Street (1972) 45 exemplaren
First Blood (1993) 27 exemplaren
The Body Book (1978) 23 exemplaren
Atlas of the Body & Mind (1976) — Redacteur — 22 exemplaren
Third Degree (1995) 22 exemplaren
The Enduring Years (1981) 19 exemplaren
The Haymarket (1974) 18 exemplaren
How Did I Get Here from There? (2003) 17 exemplaren
La mente humana (1985) 17 exemplaren
Soho Square (1976) 16 exemplaren
Fourth Attempt (1996) 15 exemplaren
Paddington Green (1975) 14 exemplaren
Second Opinion (1994) 13 exemplaren
Funk & Wagnalls Atlas of the Body (1976) 12 exemplaren
Charing Cross (1979) 11 exemplaren
The Strand (1981) 11 exemplaren
The Enduring Years (1981) 11 exemplaren
Jubilee (1987) 10 exemplaren
Bedford Row (1977) 10 exemplaren
Blitz (1990) 9 exemplaren
Long Acre (1980) 9 exemplaren
London Lodgings (1994) 8 exemplaren
Flapper (1989) 8 exemplaren
Flanders (1988) 8 exemplaren
The Virus Man (1985) 7 exemplaren
The House on the Fen (1982) 7 exemplaren
Maddie (1988) 7 exemplaren
Chelsea Reach (1983) 7 exemplaren
Shaftesbury Avenue (1983) 6 exemplaren
Postscripts (1991) 6 exemplaren
Lunching at Laura's (1987) 5 exemplaren
Sisters (1785) 5 exemplaren
The Getting Better Book (1985) 5 exemplaren
Clinical judgements (1989) 5 exemplaren
Höhere Gewalt (2000) 4 exemplaren
Piccadilly (1621) 4 exemplaren
The Private Wing (1992) 4 exemplaren
Sixties (1992) 4 exemplaren
The don't spoil your body book (1989) 4 exemplaren
Festival (1991) 4 exemplaren
Family Chorus (1984) 4 exemplaren
Blanker Hass (2002) 3 exemplaren
El cuerpo humano (1985) 3 exemplaren
The Legacy & The Inheritance (1899) 3 exemplaren
De mensenmakers (1991) 3 exemplaren
Lifeguide (1980) 3 exemplaren
Fifth Member (1997) 3 exemplaren
Death on the Table (1996) 2 exemplaren
Life and love and everything (1993) 2 exemplaren
The Burning Summer (1987) 2 exemplaren
Child Care (Made Simple Books) (1973) 2 exemplaren
The shy person's book (1974) 2 exemplaren
Family Feelings (1977) 2 exemplaren
Paying guests (1995) 2 exemplaren
The Inheritance (1998) 2 exemplaren
Woman (1986) 2 exemplaren
The lonely one (1995) 1 exemplaar
About Sex (1972) 1 exemplaar
Moving on from Depression (2006) 1 exemplaar
Intill tredje led (1980) 1 exemplaar
Mord im OP: Kriminalroman (1986) 1 exemplaar
The Baby Factory (1970) 1 exemplaar
Childrens Ward 1 exemplaar
Shall I be a nurse? (1967) 1 exemplaar
Baby and Young Child Care (1981) 1 exemplaar
A Time to Heal (1992) 1 exemplaar
Nurse in the Sun (1994) 1 exemplaar
Related to Sex (1979) 1 exemplaar
Family Circus 1 exemplaar
The Hive (1967) 1 exemplaar
Legacy (Charnwood Library) (1998) 1 exemplaar
Cottage Hospital (1993) 1 exemplaar
Covent Garden (1978) 1 exemplaar
The final year (1968) 1 exemplaar
Dangerous things (1993) 1 exemplaar
Getting Ready for Childbirth (1985) 1 exemplaar
A starch of aprons (1990) 1 exemplaar
Dat ben jij 1 exemplaar

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The story continues, with the second book as good as the first, perhaps even better. "The Haymarket" continues the "Gower Street" story of Abel Lackland and Lilith Lucas, who have gone their separate ways, but their lives are still entwined, thanks to Abel's son Jonah and Lilith's daughter Celia. Once again, Dorothea (now Abel's wife) plays a part in the story, as does their daughter Abby.

With the first book, I was entertained by the story and characters, with this one, I got more involved and could feel empathy for the characters: Abel, who couldn't let go of his feelings for Lilith, Dorothea, who gave all her affection to her son to make up for her husband's rejection, Jonah, who got too little love from his father and too much from his mother, Celia, who suffered so much emotional abuse from her callous mother.... and then there was Abby, a teenage girl in love with a man more than twice her age.

Two scenes that stuck in my mind (and I won't go into detail and be a spoiler) were the confrontation between Lilith and Dorothea over Jonah, where the differences in their personalities was so profound and, towards the end of the novel, where Lilith wants to make her aware of the hold she still has over Abel, and now Jonah as well, leading to a dramatic conclusion.

The same goes for another scene, this time between Lilith and her daughter, where Celia finds the courage to stand up to her heartless mother and assert her independence.

This book, along with the first, needs to become a movie. Why that hasn't all ready happened, I can't figure out, especially with the British love for historical series and romances.

I just want to end by saying that, while I read a few of the later books in the series, they didn't capture my interest like the first two,. which explains why I can't remember much about them. What I do remember is that they lost something special that the first two had.
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EmeraldAngel | Jun 3, 2021 |
Another book that I read way back but stayed with me. I never forgot the story of street urchins Abel Lackland and Lilith Lucas and who they grew up to be. I didn't forget Jesse or poor Dorothea, suffering from a terrible case of unrequited love; if only she had looked elsewhere, she might have found a HEA, instead of scheming to get the man she loved, hoping he'd grow to love her in time (so pathetic in its desperation).

Why this novel, and the next one in the series ("The Haymarket") were never made into a movie or miniseries really puzzles me. What actress wouldn't jump at the chance to play Lilith Lucas! She's hardly the typical heroine (a far cry from it) but, despite her selfishness and heartless attitude, there's no doubt she's entertaining to read about, not one dull scene where she's the star. And not one dull page in this book!… (meer)
 
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EmeraldAngel | Jun 3, 2021 |
This was the last of the series that I remember and the last that held my interest. I wouldn't give it the top rating I gave the first two, but I would recommend it to anyone who read them as this third one sees the tragic heroine Celia get quite a revenge on her villainess mother, Lilith. It's worth reading just for that.
 
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EmeraldAngel | Jun 3, 2021 |
Like many UK residents I was aware of Claire Rayner primarily as an agony aunt on TV-am in the late 1980s and early 1990s where she gave out advice on a variety of emotional issues in the manner of an all knowing kindly old aunt. I discovered this book recently as my child of eleven years was being taught about the effects of smoking and alcohol at school and I wanted to help find a non-threatening way of handling this delicate and sensitive subject in order to show the negative effects but not to sound patronising and preachy. I think I was doing a good job, but this book handles the subject excellently and I was most pleased with it indeed. I recommend it to parents highly and will be reading it shortly with my eight year old too!… (meer)
 
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Sylak | Jan 22, 2013 |

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