Making It
How Love, Kindness and Community Helped Me Repair My Life
Jay Blades
- The
- Sunday
- Times
- bestseller
- by
- Jay
- Blades,
- the
- beloved
- star
- of
- hit
- BBC
- One
- show
- The
- Repair
- Shop.
- Making
- It
- is
- an
- inspirational
- memoir
- about
- beating
- the
- odds
- and
- turning
- things
- around
- even
- when
- it
- all
- seems
- hopeless.We
- had
- our
- hardships,
- and
- there
- were
- times
- that
- we
- didn’t
- have
- a
- lot
- of
- food
- and
- didn’t
- have
- a
- lot
- of
- money.
- But
- that
- didn’t
- stop
- me
- having
- the
- time
- of
- my
- life.In
- his
- book,
- Jay
- shares
- the
- details
- of
- his
- life,
- from
- his
- childhood
- growing
- up
- sheltered
- and
- innocent
- on
- a
- council
- estate
- in
- Hackney,
- to
- his
- adolescence
- when
- he
- was
- introduced
- to
- violent
- racism
- at
- secondary
- school,
- to
- being
- brutalized
- by
- police
- as
- a
- teen,
- to
- finally
- becoming
- the
- presenter
- of
- the
- hit
- primetime
- show
- The
- Repair
- Shop.Jay
- reflects
- on
- strength,
- weakness
- and
- what
- it
- means
- to
- be
- a
- man.
- He
- questions
- the
- boundaries
- society
- places
- on
- male
- vulnerability
- and
- how
- letting
- himself
- be
- nurtured
- helped
- him
- flourish
- into
- the
- person
- he
- is
- today.
- An
- expert
- at
- giving
- a
- second
- life
- to
- cherished
- items,
- Jay’s
- positivity,
- pragmatism
- and
- kindness
- shine
- through
- these
- pages
- and
- show
- that
- with
- care
- and
- love,
- anything
- can
- be mended.
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