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klwpvfc's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
sad
medium-paced
4.0
bookworm_oakey's review
5.0
I wanted to pay tribute to this beautiful girl and thought the best way to do it would be to read her book and dedicate a post to her on here.
Sarah was a member of the girl group Girls Aloud, I loved watching them get selected on Popstars the rivals in 2002. At the time I was in charge of running the rep shows on a large campsite in France and every year I'd get myself and a group of girls to perform Girls Aloud songs, I'd always be Sarah as I was a blonde like her. I felt an affiliation with her as we were a similar age and very bubbily, I loved performing as her.
Her biography was released earlier this year. I listened to the audiobook and I finished it in a day. It was fascinating hearing about her life and she has definitely reignited my love of biographies and I intend listening to more in the future, especially of girls from pop bands, I read Victoria Beckham's and Geri Halliwells 20 years ago and loved them.
Sarah announced in August 2020 that she had been diagnosed with advanced breast cancer and sadly passed away 3 days ago on the 5th September aged 39. I cried at the prologue of this novel... when she refers to her cancer in this book she's so positive and full of hope, I admired her words so much. Knowing the end of her story while reading this book was heartbreaking but I'm SO glad she decided to write this book when she did because it's a beautiful insight into her life. She was courageous, crazy, bright and beautiful.
I hope Sarahs situation helps encourage as many ladies as possible to get themselves checked out especially when they find lumps or bumps. I make yearly appointments with a gyno here in France, she keeps me in check and sets me up with smears and mamograms, it's so important.
I dedicate this to the memory of the brave and beautiful Sarah #forever young
Sarah was a member of the girl group Girls Aloud, I loved watching them get selected on Popstars the rivals in 2002. At the time I was in charge of running the rep shows on a large campsite in France and every year I'd get myself and a group of girls to perform Girls Aloud songs, I'd always be Sarah as I was a blonde like her. I felt an affiliation with her as we were a similar age and very bubbily, I loved performing as her.
Her biography was released earlier this year. I listened to the audiobook and I finished it in a day. It was fascinating hearing about her life and she has definitely reignited my love of biographies and I intend listening to more in the future, especially of girls from pop bands, I read Victoria Beckham's and Geri Halliwells 20 years ago and loved them.
Sarah announced in August 2020 that she had been diagnosed with advanced breast cancer and sadly passed away 3 days ago on the 5th September aged 39. I cried at the prologue of this novel... when she refers to her cancer in this book she's so positive and full of hope, I admired her words so much. Knowing the end of her story while reading this book was heartbreaking but I'm SO glad she decided to write this book when she did because it's a beautiful insight into her life. She was courageous, crazy, bright and beautiful.
I hope Sarahs situation helps encourage as many ladies as possible to get themselves checked out especially when they find lumps or bumps. I make yearly appointments with a gyno here in France, she keeps me in check and sets me up with smears and mamograms, it's so important.
I dedicate this to the memory of the brave and beautiful Sarah #forever young
goldiefan's review
5.0
So emotional, I read it all in one sitting. I’ve always loved Girls Aloud and Sarah is such a beautiful wonderful person. Definitely need tissues.
chelseamayxxx's review
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5.0
book. I love how honest Sarah was about her ADHD and her time in girls aloud. This book had me in tears as I sadly watched my mum die to breast cancer and Sarah’s story brought back loads of memories. I love how Sarah was raw and open when talking about her time in hospital and her cancer treatment was and how it affected her. I love that we got to see the real Sarah in this book. Xxx
kimberleyh's review
emotional
funny
hopeful
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inspiring
lighthearted
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medium-paced
4.0
outsmartyourshelf's review against another edition
emotional
funny
informative
reflective
sad
medium-paced
4.0
I was never a Girls Aloud fan - I think I was just that bit too old for their demographic in 2002 - but I did hear some of the songs out & about. I remember hearing that Sarah had breast cancer & that she sadly died in Sept 2021, so when I saw that my local library had Sarah's autobiography available for download, I decided to give it go. It's a strange read, with the feeling you have when Sarah is talking about being positive & hopefully beating her illness, & yet you know it ultimately claimed her life.
There's obviously quite a bit about her life in Girls Aloud, but the other members of the band are fairly shadowy figures. I don't feel as if I got to know any of them more, even the author. I didn't realise what a struggle Sarah had had from the start, & just how bad things had become with her illness. Yet another person taken from us tragically too young. RIP.
There's obviously quite a bit about her life in Girls Aloud, but the other members of the band are fairly shadowy figures. I don't feel as if I got to know any of them more, even the author. I didn't realise what a struggle Sarah had had from the start, & just how bad things had become with her illness. Yet another person taken from us tragically too young. RIP.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Terminal illness
Moderate: Addiction and Drug use
whoskatielou's review
challenging
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
tense
fast-paced
5.0
rest in peace beautiful girl