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IMAGE Guest Editor Amy Huberman shares her life in books in the January issue, on shelves nationwide now.
Well, saying this book changed my life may be a touch dramatic (but hey, I do love a bit of drama). However, it definitely did have an effect on me: Caitlin Moran’s How to Be a Woman. She articulated so many issues, thoughts and ideologies that impact women’s life experiences today in such an accessible and honest way. Plus, I have never belly laughed so much on public transport reading a book before. To the people on the Piccadilly line Tube circa summer 2011: I’m sorry for all the erupty-spitty-laughy carry-on.
I’ve dipped in and out of Amy Poehler’s Yes Please a lot. A friend recommended it to me when I was feeling at a crossroads with how to manage my own guilt with work commitments and a family. Her mantra, ?Good for her, not for me?, is such good advice. Everyone’s life situation is different, and what makes a person tick is unique to their own personal circumstances. Also made me laugh out loud.
has to be Marian Keyes, as she was the inspiration for me to write. I love her humour, empathy and insight, and it shines through her writing. She was definitely a catalyst for me giving it a go.
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Anything by Roald Dahl, but The BFG in particular; it’s so enchanting. He had such a unique imagination, and such a fantastic sense of mischief and irreverence. I was captivated. It also layered a further sprinkle of magic to a city I have always loved, where my own father is from: London town.
“The one thing that doesn’t abide by majority rule is a person’s conscience? – Atticus Finch in Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird.
I Wished For You, which has led me to develop ideas for the screen.
This article originally appeared in the January issue of IMAGE magazine.