Life Talk for a Daughter: Advice on 60 issues from passion to success

From courtesy to passion, to breaking up and fitting in – sensible advice to take to heart. A mother’s gentle wisdom and a lesson in love. The South African best-seller which is making a difference to people’s lives. Life Talk for a Daughter is an essential toolkit of lessons for life, written by a mother for her daughter. This warm common sense guide offers practical insight into the values of self-respect, personal integrity and the healthy attitude which give daughters (of all ages) the skills necessary for surviving life’s challenges with grace and humour. Divided into four parts, Life Talk examines the qualities which help women achieve; honestly demystifies relationships and love; offers practical advice on achieving balance and self-discipline and, finally, gives good old-fashioned wisdom on dealing with the difficulties and inevitable heartaches encountered along life’s journey. Written from the heart, Izabella Little addresses parents and daughters with a frank, sensible empathy. With tender insight and sensitivity, she uses the voice of experience and compassion to guide her own beloved daughter through the obstacle course of growing up. Sixty dip-in chapters focus on common issues and difficult situations, including: Communication; Honesty and truth; How to succeed; Making a difficult choice; Sexuality; Falling in love; Breaking up; Wanting to be liked; Coping with change; Choosing a career; Drinking and drugs; Money matters; When you're angry; When temptation knocks; Working smarter not harder; Family & grandparents; When you've made a mistake; God; Leadership; If tragedy strikes; (…and 40 more.) Life Talk’s readers say that the book is: changing people’s lives; assisting with family communication; providing inspiration and guidance; and getting value-based messages across to the youth. IZABELLA LITTLE is an accomplished businesswoman, inspiring motivational speaker, amateur photographer and, above all, mother to a teenage daughter. Letters she started writing as a guide for her growing daughter have evolved into a compendium of advice designed to speak to young women. Although her articles have appeared in several specialist publications, this is her first book. Life Talk for a Daughter is for teenagers and young women – ages 13 to 30 (and beyond). It is the book for daughters which mothers (and fathers) are also reading with enthusiasm. Get your copy today from leading bookstores. More information on www.oshunbooks.co.za SOME OF THE COMMENTS RE: "LIFE TALK FOR A DAUGHTER" 1.“…a treasure trove of important life lessons…a mix of great guidelines, easy to read, simple & practical. If there’s one book you’d be smart to hold onto your whole life through, it’s this one!” Thandiwe McCloy, Uncut/loveLife Magazine 2.“Despite the title, the contents are for all 'children' from age nine to ninety-nine - it is a wonderful communications tool for families, especially on touchy subjects. …I think the book would be ideal for life skills exercises in all schools!” Jayne Southern, chairperson, A New Chapter Literary Club, Johannesburg 3.“I have just completed your book - ABSOLUTELY AMAZING!! It was a really insightful read and has helped my 13 year old daughter already as she is now in high school and is having some problems with issues raised in your book.” F.G. 4.“We have found Life Talk for a Daughter to be accessible, readable and highly relevant to both mothers and their teenage daughters. It is packed with accurate, up-to-date information and sound values. We believe that this book is able to empower young girls to be proactive by developing a positive attitude which enables them to make the most of their lives. I would highly recommend Ms Little’s book to anyone!” Helen Findlay, school Counsellor, Wykeham Collegiate, South Africa 5. “Wow, buying Life Talk was the best decision I could have made. It is excellent and there is lots of discussion in our house stemming from this book. THANK YOU. Thank you for writing this amazing book.” L-A.W., mother of a 15 year old. 6.“Please, please, we need this book to be read by all the Soweto youth. Can’t you organize to distribute copies to all the youth?” a mother from Soweto, Johannesburg 7."This is wonderful! I think all our youth should read this. It covers the values and morals which are so important. I will tell everyone and we can sell it after the service." Fr M., priest. 8."Your book is absolutely great! It is well written, covers all the relevant aspects and all girls (and parents) should read it.” J.S., high school teacher. 9."I keep reading different chapters and each one is giving me such important and interesting information about subjects I need to know more about. It's magic, I love it, and I'm telling all my friends about it. It's a great book." M.H. 16-year old girl. 10."There is no other book like this. I bought it for my daughter, but I'm reading it first and she'll get access when I've finished! Thank you, it's really helping me with some issues." S.T. 11.“Every evening one of the members of our family picks a topic from Life Talk & that’s designated as that day’s topic for discussion. This is wonderful in getting discussion and a thinking process going. We now communicate about important and meaningful matters, ones which before we may never have dealt with.” D.W. 12."Life Talk is great. It's the first book I've seen which addresses all the issues which are relevant to our youth. I'm telling all my friends about it. They and their daughters must all read it. Can't you get the schools to make it compulsory reading?" N.B. 13. “Thank You, Thank You, Thank you. What a wonderful book this is. It gives the parent an opportunity not only to get the lines of communication open again but also to put in their own family values. Thank you for Life Talk for a Daughter, it was extremely easy to read and was great food for thought.” L.S., recently from Zimbabwe 14."I love it! Nearly every chapter has something for me. It's so interesting and just what I need." A.U., 16-year-old girl. 15."Life Talk is a warm and wonderful book. I'm finding myself constantly paging and reading extracts. I am sharing it with various people along the way as I think everyone could benefit from reading it. My daughter, age 25, is also reading it with enthusiasm." L.F., Cape Town 16."It's so cool! My dad and I have been discussing it for days now and there's just so much interesting stuff in it!" G, 18-year-old girl. 17.“It has so many useful bits of information. Boys should read it too. Very interesting and useful. When will it be available worldwide?” M.B. teacher, New Zealand. 18."I'm completely obsessed with your book! Life Talk should be compulsory reading for all parents and daughters. In fact, you should tell the publishers that they ought to advertise this for everyone to read, we'll all benefit tremendously." L.K., teacher and mother of a teenager. 19."I've taken it to class with me and I have built the last two lessons around various excerpts from Life Talk. The kids (boys too) love it, it stimulates great discussion and they're really paying attention. It's brilliant! Thank you for writing it." P.D., Confirmation Class teacher 20."At last! A book that deals with everything we and our kids are grappling with. I will tell all our parents about Life Talk." H.B., School Co-ordinator, co-ed college. 21."Dads should read it too. We often don't know what to talk to our daughters about and Life Talk really helped me to open up channels of communication with my 20 year-old daughter." D.G., single father. 22."This is a book which facilitates discussion between parents and their children. It doesn't matter how old you or they are, it provides a means of getting communication flowing. Thank you for helping us in such an important way." Mother of adult children. 23."My mother is reading it, I'm reading it, my daughter is reading it, and we're all fighting over it. Thank you for covering the subjects you've written about, it's wonderful!" J.S. 24."Thank you for writing about all these issues. It's helping me so much and I've shared the lessons with my son." C.V., mother of a 24 year-old drug-addict. 25."Life Talk covers everything of importance, including delicate subjects which are sometimes hard to talk about. It's absolutely wonderful! One part even made me cry and is helping me deal with a personal issue." N.L., mother of teenagers. 26. “It’s a wonderful book! It’s so easy to read, so clear and logical, and loaded with the most wonderful common sense and guidelines. I’ve read it and re-read it and I’ve been going through relevant chapters with my twelve-year-old. It’s brilliant.” B.S. 27.“This is a book for everyone. As a single father I found some very helpful chapters, not only for my daughter, but relevant for my business too. It’s given me a lot to think about. I can’t think of anyone who wouldn’t benefit from reading it.” M.O., 28."It's a wonderful book, so full of wisdom, values and good, practical guidance and advice. Anyone who reads it will benefit in some way." B.L. grandmother of teenagers. 29."I'm in my fifties, I have no children, and I'm loving the book! I wish someone had told me some of these things before." K.S., safari operator, Kenya. 30.“It’s a really wonderful and amazing book. We’re getting copies for our youth library. It’s a truly inspired book, I’m so enjoying it myself, and I believe it’ll be a great help to all young people. I’m telling everyone about it.” D.B., youth group leader. Names have been abbreviated to ensure confidentiality. They can be supplied on request. Many more comments have been received, but if they’re similar to some of the above they haven’t been entered.