So They Call You Pisher!: A Memoir

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Honestly, I felt really torn over the rating for this book - on a ten-point scale it would have been a seven.

His second son Eddie (1980–1999) died at the age of 18 from meningococcal septicaemia, and his death was the inspiration for Rosen's 2004 work Sad Book.But it had become much harder and I was unsure that I would be able to finish the course and increasingly certain that I would not get a First, might not even Pass. Miles, Alice; Rumbelow, Helen (15 September 2007), "Children need freedom and chaos, not tests, ticks, and smiley faces", The Times, archived from the original on 15 June 2011 . Alex Haley on Malcolm X, Joe Klein on Woody Guthrie and I'm really enjoying Elvis Costello's auto at the moment.

Michael Rosen was cheated out of a First Class degree by a spiteful examiner, Professor Dame Helen Gardner. At the same time, as a learning professional - a coach and consultant to leaders - I found this aspect of the book somewhat naive. From grief to trauma to writing, I learnt so much about how we can view the positive in the every day and how we shouldn’t take our lives so seriously as they can be taken from us in the blink of a moment.Sharman, Andy (28 August 2008), "Michael Rosen: 'Give children books, not SATs' ", The Independent, London . It’s just him talking about his own experience and how he might be able to help others, and its just warming, humorous, silly, natural, and above all, honest. He explores the full range of definitions of ‘getting better’ and gives some really practical tips for motivating yourself. Having discovered Jonathan Miller, he thought, "Wouldn't it be wonderful to know all about science, and know all about art, and be funny and urbane and all that?