Sew Your Own: Man Finds Happiness and Meaning of Life - Making Clothes
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Book
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ISBN 10
1846688922
ISBN 13
9781846688928
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Publication Year
2010
Publisher
Profile Books Ltd, United Kingdom
Pages
256
Subject
Autobiografía
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Abstract
John-Paul Flintoff is a bit of a one-off: a man who embarks on a spiritual pilgrimage by outsourcing his life to Bangalore, then hooks up with Mormons and Buddhists (well, Richard Gere), on a quest for truth and fulfilment. His journey is like a twenty-first century Candide, learning that life's satisfactions, and some kind of response to the concerns of economic meltdown and climate change, lie in learning how to make things for oneself, and mending things that fall apart. Along the way, Flintoff paints pictures with Brit-art oddball Billy Childish, gets apprenticed in Savile Row, grows his own food and spins fibre from nettles. Daringly, he also turns his book over to his wife Harriet, who likes nothing better than a fancy spa and a shop at Liberty's. The results are comic, heartwarming and inspiring.
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John-Paul Flintoff is a feature writer for the Sunday Times, and author of Comp: a Survivor's Tale. As well as writing, he has worked as a bin man, executive PA, scuba diver, taxi driver, undertaker, amateur boxer and rat catcher. He lives in London with his wife, Harriet, and daughter, Nancy, whom he torments by making and wearing his own clothes.
Paperback: 256 pages
Publisher: Profile Books Ltd (July 1, 2010)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1846688922
ISBN-13: 978-1846688928
Product Dimensions: 5.1 x 0.8 x 7.8 inches
Paperback: 256 pages
Publisher: Profile Books Ltd (July 1, 2010)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1846688922
ISBN-13: 978-1846688928
Product Dimensions: 5.1 x 0.8 x 7.8 inches
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1
