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                      MGs, The Mini and Me by Dudley Pike. "Working on a production line can be tedious and boring, and you would need to take breaks in order to maintain your focus and concentration." It had been a family tradition to work for MG. Pike's father and two brothers were well-established before Pike served his apprenticeship in Abington. He spent 45 years in the motor industry with many interesting tales included in this book. "I didn't have a particularly privileged childhood." Travelling around the world with the rally circuit compensated for an uneventful childhood, with plenty of celebrations, champagne parties and glamorous women waiting to fulfil a young man pumped with testosterone. We are presented with glimpses of his personal life, from school to marriage, chaotic, marked by infidelity and marital breakups. He reminisces over the camaraderie of the past, explaining how bad weather in 1947 caused extreme havoc and chao

                                    Room by Emma Donoghue. "I was a student. It was early in the morning, I was crossing a parking lot to get to the college library, listening to…this man ran up asking for help, his dog was having a fit and he thought it might be dying…" It sounds innocent enough doesn't it? What followed was a shocking account of a young woman's abduction, an innocent victim who lost seven good years of her life locked up like an animal by a monster who wanted to control women and gratify his sexual desires. A pervert. Too many disturbed guys preying on women. "Too grim and heartbreaking for some viewers, Room is nevertheless an extraordinary film so powerful and unforgettable that it must be seen." Time Out. Ma and 5 year old Jack were incarcerated in a 11 by 11 Room which was in a soundproofed garden shed in the backyard of Old Nick who "stole" her. She was kidnapped when she was a 19 year old student and imprison