{"id":30144,"date":"2026-05-12T18:12:13","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T17:12:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rogerdarlington.me.uk\/nighthawk\/?p=30144"},"modified":"2026-05-12T18:13:31","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T17:13:31","slug":"the-eighth-five-star-review-of-my-new-book-everyone-has-a-story-available-on-amazon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.rogerdarlington.me.uk\/nighthawk\/?p=30144","title":{"rendered":"The eighth five-star review of my new book &#8220;Everyone Has A Story&#8221; available on Amazon"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>&#8220;What a brilliant book, and what a great idea. Maybe more of us should follow Roger Darlington&#8217;s example and take an avid interest in our close friends, listening to them carefully and asking just the right questions that get to the very heart of their personal story. These vivid accounts are just the right length for a quick coffee- or tea-time read. Roger&#8217;s concise style, ability to muster key facts, and appreciation of his interviewees&#8217; special qualities guarantee you&#8217;ll be eagerly turning the pages to find out how each memorable story resolves. And what a diverse range of people there are, too! You&#8217;ll be whisked around the world and to past eras, witnessing stories of deeply human struggles, highly challenging circumstances, incredible courage and much more.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you don\u2019t already have the book, you might like to obtain a copy. If you already have it, perhaps you could consider it as a gift for family and friends. Many thanks.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;What a brilliant book, and what a great idea. Maybe more of us should follow Roger Darlington&#8217;s example and take an avid interest in our close friends, listening to them carefully and asking just the right questions that get to the very heart of their personal story. These vivid accounts are just the right length [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-30144","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-my-life-thoughts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.rogerdarlington.me.uk\/nighthawk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30144","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.rogerdarlington.me.uk\/nighthawk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.rogerdarlington.me.uk\/nighthawk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.rogerdarlington.me.uk\/nighthawk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.rogerdarlington.me.uk\/nighthawk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=30144"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/www.rogerdarlington.me.uk\/nighthawk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30144\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30148,"href":"http:\/\/www.rogerdarlington.me.uk\/nighthawk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30144\/revisions\/30148"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.rogerdarlington.me.uk\/nighthawk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=30144"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.rogerdarlington.me.uk\/nighthawk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=30144"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.rogerdarlington.me.uk\/nighthawk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=30144"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}