{"title":"Pauline Collins","description":"\u003cp\u003ePauline Collins offers a distinctive voice in \u003cem\u003eArts \u0026amp; Culture\u003c\/em\u003e, weaving personal reflections with broader cultural insights. Her works, such as \u003cem\u003eLetter To Louise\u003c\/em\u003e, explore themes of identity, creativity, and human connection with warmth and eloquence.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eReaders can expect thoughtful narratives that invite contemplation and emotional resonance. Collins' writing is marked by a gentle honesty and a keen observation of everyday life, making her books both engaging and deeply relatable.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"letter-to-louise-by-pauline-collins-9780552167994","title":"Letter To Louise","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA moving memoir by Pauline Collins about the baby she had to give up for adoption.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn 1964, in a bare room in Waterloo, a young actress gave her baby for adoption. They were to be parted for more than twenty years. The actress was Pauline Collins. The baby was her daughter Louise.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eLetter to Louise\u003c\/em\u003e is a poignant, yet often funny, memoir of the months leading up to that day in Waterloo. In it, Pauline Collins recalls the idyllic time spent in rep in Killarney, playing in a different play every night, seven days a week, living in digs – and falling in love. After the season had finished, she found she was pregnant. Frightened and alone now, she decided to have the baby, hiding the fact from family, agents and friends.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eGoing to ground, she waited for the baby to be born in a home for unmarried mothers, buoyed up by the kindness and humour of the other residents, and the nuns who cared for them. Yet she soon came to realise that she had no choice but to give her daughter away.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eReluctantly she got on with life, finally achieving success and personal happiness. But she never forgot Louise and their story has the ultimate happy ending – the day they were reunited twenty-two years later.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47471073329388,"sku":"9780552167994","price":42.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780552167994-letter-to-louise.jpg?v=1775232890"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/pauline-collins.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}