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PERSONALS EB
About this book
The Personals reveals how classified ads are not just a few commercial lines of text in print or online – they can be a treasure trove of fascinating human stories; stories of love, loss, loneliness, redemption and hope.
Some people do Sudoku, others watch Netflix. Brian O'Connell loves the classified ads.
In an era of spin doctors and press releases, celebrities and social influencers, the classified ads can open a door into the lives of ordinary people with extraordinary stories.
What draws Brian to the classified ads are the intriguing human stories he finds there, the unexpected twists and turns, the personalities, the curious objects and the range of human experience waiting to be discovered.
The Personals is a diverse collection of compelling stories about the people and the lives behind the small ads.
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Table of contents
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Note to Readers
- Dedication
- Contents
- Introduction
- PART ONE: LOVE AND LOSS
- When East Meets West
- A Ringless Marriage
- A Dress for the (Middle) Ages
- A Chance Encounter of a Shocking Kind
- A Long Engagement
- Addicted to Love?
- A Marriage Worth Waiting For
- PART TWO: EQUIPPED FOR LIFE
- The Car That’s Bulletproof
- For Your Eyes Only
- Running Up That Hill
- PART THREE: PETS’ CORNER
- A Monkey Is for Life – Not Just for Christmas
- Finding Shangri-La
- Making It Pig in Hollywood
- PART FOUR: ARTICLES OF WAR
- Married to the Past
- ‘Grow Wheat – The Crop That Pays’
- Zen and the Art of Phone Box Maintenance
- Engineering a Step Back in Time
- The Weight of History
- PART FIVE: SENTIMENTAL VALUE
- Rekindling a One in a Million Chance
- Remains of a Detached Day
- Giving a Doll’s House a Home
- PART SIX: COLLECTORS
- ‘We Are Collectors ... and We Will Die as Collectors’
- Signing the Past Away
- PART SEVEN: LOST CAUSES?
- Being Frank
- Building a Bigger Shrine
- PART EIGHT: THIS MORTAL COIL
- Meeting a Man About a Hearse
- Plotting a Way Out of Grief
- PART NINE: SIGNS OF THE TIMES
- Nursing Hidden Desires
- Cut-Price Counselling
- The Homeless Hotel
- Making Study Pay
- Acknowledgements
- About the Publisher
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