Looking Back Life Was Beautiful

Sep 20, 2024 8:23 AM

Author:Grandma Marina,Grandpa Chan,Sophie Bowman

Based on the Webby award-winning Instagram account Drawings for My Grandchildren, this beautifully-illustrated book celebrates the special love shared between grandparents and their grandchildren.

Like many grandparents wishing to stay close to their grandchildren in a world in which so many families are spread across the globe, Korean grandparents Grandpa Chan and Grandma Marina, decided to learn how to use Instagram as a way to stay connected. What started as an intimate family project, their Instagram page @drawings_for_my_grandchildren has attracted a large following and their story has been featured in major press around the world. This book inspired by their Instagram page features Chan's watercolors accompanied by Marina's texts. Whether it's to celebrate Astro becoming a big brother to Lua or to share the story of how the grandparents met for the first time and fell in love during their college years, Looking Back Life was Beautiful echoes with the kind of family love that spans generations and traverses geography.

A testament to the great wisdom only grandparents can provide to younger generations, Looking Back Life Was Beautiful will inspire families to always stay close and connected.

Reviews

Heart-warming...imaginative creations

—— BBC

Beautiful illustrations... each one comes with a story written by Chan Jae's wife Marina

—— Lonely Planet

Pictures capture moments from his day-to-day life, his memories, stories from the news, and more than a few fictional characters

—— Telegraph

This book has given me so much pleasure

—— Alan Titchmarsh

Britain needs this jolly Jilly Cooper collection...Line after line, anecdote after anecdote is laugh-out-loud funny, the prose bouncing along like a labrador puppy

—— The Times

There are so many lifestyle columnists today, you forget that Cooper did it first and did it best

—— The Telegraph

A collection of Jilly Cooper's vintage newspaper columns is bitchy, sexy, insightful and, most of all, great fun

—— Observer

She is simply a legend

—— Daily Mail

His new book (...) empowers you to improve your health - and your diet - for good

—— Closer Magazine

This takes a holistic look at dieting. Rangan explains why sleeping more can be more effective than cutting back on foods you love, which is perfect for lockdown living

—— David Atherton (Great British Bake Off 2019 winner), Daily Express

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