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  ‘Letters to my Son’ recommended for any discerning parent Book title:  Letters to My Son Author:  Joan Thatiah, Nairobi: Reviewed by:  Belly Jullians Orondo Letters To My Son , a book by Kenyan author, Joan Thatiah, brings out the real issues that most Kenyans face in their daily lives. She offers advice on how to handle the different situations they will encounter and how to tackle them based on her personal life experiences with the incredible men she met. This book candidly brings out the issues that the 21st century boy child or man is grappling with, from lack of proper mentorship and role models, to misunderstanding of what manhood really is, the taboo topic of sex and personal grooming. The author has spoken her heart out to her son in a way that every aspiring mother would wish to have the courage to talk to her son. Letters To My Son, a book by Kenyan author, Joan Thatiah, brings out the real issues that most Kenyans face in their daily lives. PHOTO| FILE|...

Title : Maybe you should talk to someone Written by Lori Gottlieb Genre: Non fiction Published: April 2019 Reviewed by : Belly Jullians This is a book about a psychotherapist in her who analyses her patient’s stories and her own story as she seeks therapy. Lori Gottlieb takes us through the happenings of a therapy room from the first second when a patient gets in to the therapy room to the 50th minute when they are walked to the door .We get to see her patients through her lenses first and as their stories evolve, through their own self views. In this book we find Julie, a young newlywed diagnosed with cancer, Rita an older woman who plans to commit suicide on her next birthday, John, a self-absorbed Hollywood producer who thinks everyone is an idiot except himself, and Charlotte, a young woman stuck in a vicious cycle of alcoholism and toxic relationships and well, the writer herself, who was dumped by her “kid hater” boyfriend which sends her into depression and she decides to go for...

  Kindly tell us about your relationship with the book Seven Habits of highly effective people. This is one book I heard most people in my circle talk about but I never really bothered to look at it until a friend gave it to me and since I set my eyes on it,it has been one of my favorite reads.It has a details that has become my life manual . At what point of your life were you when you read the book. And when was this? Sometime in February 2017,I was overwhelmed as I struggled to balance between my work life,school life and social life.I felt I needed to change my lifestyle but I did not know how to until one day I opened up to a friend of mine about the struggles I was going through,he opened his bag and handed me a book and said “read it and you will thank me later”. Indeed, two years later year later and the book has shaped me a lot. How did it transform your life? I have a different perception on how I view several aspects of life. After reading the book,I have become more pro...