One of the Family, Nicky Campbell
One of the Family, Nicky Campbell
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One of the Family
The Sunday Times bestselling memoir of family, love and belonging from BBC Radio 5 presenter Nicky Campbell

Author: Nicky Campbell

Narrator: Nicky Campbell

Unabridged: 7 hr 1 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 02/25/2021

Synopsis

The brave and moving memoir about how the simple unconditional love of Maxwell, Nicky Campbell's Labrador, helped him come to terms with his difficult childhood - as read by the author.

'Remarkable . . . contains a lesson for all of us and delivers a resounding message of hope and of love'
JAMES O'BRIEN

Raw, honest and courageous in One of the Family, Nicky opens up about how being adopted has made him always feel like an outsider; the guilt he has carried towards his Mum and Dad for needing to trace his birth mother, and the crushing disappointment he felt when he finally met her. And for the first time, he writes about his emotional breakdown and how he has learned to live with a late diagnosis of bipolar.

Through it all his passion for dogs and animals has been a lifeline. It is Maxwell's magic, a lesson from a Labrador in simple unconditional friendship, that has allowed him to see all the good in his life: from the security and safety of his childhood home, the love of his wife and four daughters and above all, to better understand the decisions taken by his birth mother to give him up for adoption.

©2021 Nicky Campbell (P)2021 Hodder & Stoughton Ltd

About Nicky Campbell

Nicky Campbell is a BAFTA-winning radio and TV presenter who co-hosted BBC Radio 5's Breakfast Show for twenty years. He now hosts his own talk show on BBC 5 Live. He has also presented ITV's Long Lost Family since 2011, and is closely involved with several adoption, animal and conservation charities. He lives in London with his wife Tina, their four daughters, a Labrador called Maxwell and two West Highland Terriers.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Flapper72 on April 26, 2021

I really loved this book. I have to be honest; I am a big radio fan and lots of my mornings start with Nicky Campbell chatting away in the background so I almost feel that I know him. This was a really honest, comfortably written book. Starting from his first dog, Candy, his life growing up through......more

Goodreads review by María on February 02, 2022

Very dissapointing... I don't think it is a bad book but it is not what I was looking for /expecting. The tilte is: One of the family, why a dog... changed my life. Yo expect a book about a dog, etc... especially when it is recommended to you based on your searches and buys or other books related to......more

Goodreads review by Keith on March 31, 2021

A good book a bit on the slow side in parts by was interesting to read I’m glad I read it......more

Goodreads review by Shirley on April 06, 2021

This is a book that must not be judged by its cover. Dog Maxwell doesn't appear in the story until quite late and even then it is fleetingly here and there. Yes, he provides a bedrock and must be special because two other dogs in the household don't rate a mention, but I felt there could have been s......more

Goodreads review by chantellekitty on January 04, 2022

I picked up this book because me and Nicky Campbell have a few things in common, the main one being that we’re both adopted followed by our love for animals and mental health problems. I connected with Nicky Campbell through ITV’s Long Lost Family because of the fact that he was adopted and he under......more

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