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Opere di Wilma Johnson

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As a self proclaimed earth mother, with three children and living on the west coast of Ireland, Wilma Johnson suddenly has the urge to learn to surf. Her husband has surfed for years, and until now she has always been a surf widow. Being the beautiful landscape of Dingle, next parish manhattan, they move to Biarritz in France.

Shortly after getting there her marriage hits a wipeout moment, her children cannot speak the language and she faces her greatest moment of despair. Finding other women who also want to learn to surf, she forms The Mamas Surf Club. From that very first moment she catches the wave she becomes addicted to that feeling of freedom.

Following all her ups and down with surfing, family and building a new life in France, as well trying to find a new companion, this is a funny lighthearted view of starting a new life in a different country.
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PDCRead | 1 altra recensione | Apr 6, 2020 |
Wilma Johnson after spending a decade as an earth mother decides to up sticks with her family and move to the coast of France, where they don't speak the language. Determined to become a surf chick she starts to follow her motto of "out of the kitchen, and into the surf."

This was a brilliant read. Wilma's self-deprecating humour throughout this memoir is fantastic. There's just enough of it.

I love Wilma, I loved how she told her story from surf widow to surf mama. The best parts of the book is when she's out there on the surf, especially battling it out with the men - which seems to not be the done thing.

She doesn't hold back, she doesn't cover her flaws, she just lets it all out and that I find inspiring. She doesn't make out that the moment she hit the waves she was a professional surfer, her broken bones, bruises, aches and pains give fact to that.

It's made me want to grab a wetsuit, a surf board and learn how to surf.
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Chicalicious | 1 altra recensione | Dec 28, 2014 |

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2
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½ 4.5
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ISBN
5