Lynne Hunt 
Making Meaning [EPUB ebook] 
Making Sense

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We narrate our life and, in doing so, we narrate ourselves into existence.

In everyday life, we understand ourselves through a kind of ongoing story. Rachel Robertson (2012)

This book emerged from a life lived in parts: part in the UK; part in Australia; part traveller; part writer; part academic teacher and researcher; part daughter, sister, wife, mother, grandmother, mother-in-law, step-mother, step-mother-in-law, and step-grandmother – but the implication of the parts is always fully feminist.

From a childhood in the UK’s chocolate-box pretty Cotswolds, a university education in Liverpool in the ‘Swinging 60s, and an adult life in Perth, Western Australia, Lynne tells stories that offer readers of all generations space to reflect on their own lives, and the only way a story gets told in this book is if it happened. This is philosophy without the boring bits because the stories make you think. They are intimate, universal, global, fun and unbelievably true.

Lynne dives deep into her reservoir of stories – sometimes waving, sometimes swimming or treading water, but never drowning. They are stories of life filtered through a reflective lens sharpened by analysis and sometimes bitter experience. They are stories of a life journey well travelled.       

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Table of Content

Preface

The scaffold

Making meaning at school / university

Making sense of work

Making sense of place: The Cotswolds / Devon / Liverpool / Australia

Making sense of people: Mum / Dad / ANZAC / Lyall

Making sense of family: Marriage

The meaning of parenting: 1990-91

Making sense of family: Grand-parenting / In-laws / blended families

Making sense of the lifecycle: Old age / Care-giving / Medical advocacy / Ruth’s death

Values: Making sense of politics / feminism / courtesy / religion / secrets

Lifestyle and culture:The meaning of travel / music / customer service / one-liners

Conclusion: Making sense of me

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Language English ● Format EPUB ● Pages 317 ● ISBN 9781922727398 ● File size 4.4 MB ● Publisher Linellen Press ● Published 2022 ● Edition 1 ● Downloadable 24 months ● Currency EUR ● ID 8427550 ● Copy protection Adobe DRM
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