My Lynda: Loving and losing my beloved wife, Lynda Bellingham
Michael Pattemore
Sep 2015 · Simon and Schuster
4.6star
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Lynda Bellingham died in her husband Michael's arms on 19th October 2014. Lynda touched many lives in her memoir, There's Something I've Been Dying to Tell You, and in My Lynda, Michael tells his side of the story. He talks movingly about their ten years together and describes how, in the past year, he has struggled to cope. He shares candidly his experience of grief, offering hope and support to others who have lost partners and loved ones. His is a book to comfort those who loved Lynda, to tell the missing pieces of their life together, to write about how they both confronted the news of her illness, and how he managed to continue since that moment of hearing that she had a teminal illness.
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4.6
11 reviews
Stephanie Heimer
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February 6, 2016
Having read "There's something I've been dying to tell you' which was written with real pathos and humour, I wanted to find out more about Lynda. I saw this book for only £1.99 as a special deal on a different website, and thought for that price I would give it a go. I wish, I hadn't, because even that amount is too much for this book. For some reason, the whole book is written in an almost faux 'mockney' style with Michael spending much of the initial part of the book defending his past, bigging himself up in terms of his numerous business ventures (most of which failed) and talking about being "as honest as my old dad". Well if you were that honest.... surely you would've told you "lady friend" that the relationship was over as soon as he had slept with Linda and realised he had fallen in love. BUT, I digress. There is no pathos and humour in this book - it drags and is written with no great style or panache. Did I find out more about Linda? No, apart from Michael should have left the book writing to her. Controversially, to me the whole book felt and sounded, not like a tribute to Lynda, but more like a way to make money.
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Joyce Dole
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November 25, 2015
A bit graphic but so true to his word. I hope my husband loves me as much if my time comes...
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Marguerite Shreeve
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October 20, 2015
What a heart wrenching story, and of finding your true love.
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About the author
Michael Pattemore was born in Taunton, Somerset, in 1955. He has two children from his first marriage, Stacey and Bradley, and two grandsons Cooper and Oakley. Whilst living and working as a mortgage broker on the Costa Blanca in 2004, he met and fell in love with the actress Lynda Bellingham OBE and relocated to London, where he became popularly known as 'Mr Spain' to viewers of the daytime television show Loose Women. They married on her 60th birthday in May 2008 but sadly Lynda died of colon cancer in October 2014. Michael, who now works as a property developer, remains close to her sons Michael and Robbie.
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