Owen Jones

DET ÄR DAGS att rikta blicken uppåt. Mot etablissemanget. Det menar Owen Jones, den brittiska samhällskritikens nya stjärna.

Om vi ska förstå problemen i vårt samhälle måste vi inse vilka de egentliga makthavarna är. Vi lever i en demokrati och röstar in våra politiker i riksdagen där de utövar makten för vår räkning.

Men denna politiska demokrati har under senare år fått ta ett steg tillbaka. Andra krafter och intressegrupper, med större ekonomisk tyngd, har blivit allt starkare. De använder sina pengar och sina kontakter till att påverka politikerna och växer i många fall samman med dem. Dagens etablissemang bär på en känsla som kan sammanfattas i kosmetikföretaget LOréals slogan Because were worth it! Det är dags att sticka hål på den känslan, menar Jones, och återföra makten till den plats där den hör hemma ? hos folket.

Owen Jones, en 30-årig samhällsdebattör som för några få år sedan var totalt okänd, attackerar detta månghövdade komplex som han kallar etablissemanget med lika delar noggrannhet, ursinne och humor. Resultatet har blivit en bok som väckt enormt stor uppmärksamhet och blivit en bästsäljare i England. Jones skildrar inte bara makthavarna utan beskriver framför allt hur etablissemanget fungerar och vilka som tjänar på det.

In modern Britain, the working class has become an object of fear and ridicule. From Little Britain's Vicky Pollard to the demonization of Jade Goody, media and politicians alike dismiss as feckless, criminalized and ignorant a vast, underprivileged swathe of society whose members have become stereotyped by one, hate-filled word: chavs.In this acclaimed investigation, Owen Jones explores how the working class has gone from "salt of the earth" to "scum of the earth." Exposing the ignorance and prejudice at the heart of the chav caricature, he portrays a far more complex reality. The chav stereotype, he argues, is used by governments as a convenient figleaf to avoid genuine engagement with social and economic problems and to justify widening inequality. Based on a wealth of original research, Chavs is a damning indictment of the media and political establishment and an illuminating, disturbing portrait of inequality and class hatred in modern Britain. This updated edition includes a new chapter exploring the causes and consequences of the UK riots in the summer of 2011.

I USA kallas de white trash, i Storbritannien benämner man dem nedlåtande för chavs?: traditionell arbetarklass, människor med låg lön och små möjligheter att påverka sin livssituation. Eller som de karak¿täriseras i sin mest stereotypa och hatade form: korkade, våldsamma, kriminella människor som gärna går på bidrag och förökar sig som djur.

I Chavs föraktet för arbetarklas¿sen undersöker journalisten Owen Jones hur det blev accepterat att håna och se ner på arbetarklassen. Genom att rikta människors miss¿ nöje, rädsla och hat mot en grupp som har det sämre ställt, menar Jones, kan de som sitter på makten rättfärdiga de växande ekonomiska och sociala orättvisorna i samhället och förhindra ett verkligt engage¿mang för att förändra.

I denna hyllade och uppmärksam¿made djupdykning i klassförakt finns mycket att hämta för den som vill förstå dagens Storbritannien och situationen som ledde fram till Brexit, men också de klyftor som delar det svenska samhället.

Under sommarsolståndet föddes en pojke på en farm i Wales. Han var menad för något stort, större ÿn vad han sjÿlv anade. Men han visste inte hur han skulle komma dit. Inte förrÿn han trÿffade en clown som öppnade upp vÿrlden på ett sÿtt han aldrig kunnat drömma om; vÿrlden låg för hans fötter, skulle han våga ta steget ut?

''When we walk, we walk through two landscapes: an exterior land of trees, seas, cities, mountains and fields but we also follow the paths that lead into our own interior world.''

This thoughtful, and beautifully written, book offers 21 circular walks. They span the length and breadth of the British Isles: Suffolk, Northamptonshire, Wiltshire, Wales, Staffordshire, Scotland, Sussex and Cornwall are just a few of the varied landscapes that they cover.

As one of the prime ''walks correspondents'' of The Sunday Times, Peter Owen Jones already has a loyal following. This book will only increase his audience, and will be both for those who love walking in the countryside and those who enjoy reading, and musing on it, in their armchair at home.

A GUARDIAN, NEW STATESMAN AND SPECTATOR BOOK OF THE YEAR 'A whodunnit political page-turner' Melissa Benn, New Statesman 'The best political book I have read for a long while' Rod Liddle, The Spectator From the No.1 bestselling author of The Establishment, an urgent analysis of where the Left - and Britain - goes nextWe live in an age of upheaval. The global crisis of Covid-19 has laid bare the deep social and economic inequalities which were the toxic legacy of austerity. These revolutionary times are an opportunity for a radical rethink of Britain as we know it, as the politically impossible suddenly becomes imaginable. And yet, the Left's last attempt to upend the established order and transform millions of lives came to a crashing halt on 12th December 2019, when Jeremy Corbyn led the Labour party to its worst electoral defeat since 1935. In This Land, Owen Jones provides an insider's honest and unflinching appraisal of a movement: how it promised to change everything, why it went so badly wrong, where this failure leaves its values and ideas, and where the Left goes next in the new world we find ourselves in.He takes us on a compelling, page-turning journey through a tumultuous decade in British politics, gaining unprecedented access to key figures across the political spectrum. It is a tale of high hopes and hubris, dysfunction and disillusionment. There is, Jones urges, no future for any progressive project that does not face up to and learn from its errors. We have the opportunity to build a fairer country and a more equal world, but if our time is to come, then we must learn from our past.'An absorbing, nuanced account of the making of electoral disaster' Gaby Hinsliff, Guardian

THE PHENOMENAL BESTSELLER'Fantastic, timely, eye-opening' Armando Iannucci, New Statesman, Books of the Year'Captures a collective sense of anger and awakening' Matt Haig, Observer, Books of the YearBehind our democracy lurks a powerful but unaccountable network of people who wield massive power and reap huge profits in the process. In exposing this shadowy and complex system that dominates our lives, Owen Jones sets out on a journey into the heart of our Establishment, from the lobbies of Westminster to the newsrooms, boardrooms and trading rooms of Fleet Street and the City. Exposing the revolving doors that link these worlds, and the vested interests that bind them together, Jones shows how, in claiming to work on our behalf, the people at the top are doing precisely the opposite. In fact, they represent the biggest threat to our democracy today - and it is time they were challenged. 'A book of revelations ... The Establishment have stitched it up - stitched you up - and they know it' Danny Dorling, Times Higher Education Supplement'A dissection of the profoundly and sickeningly corrupt state that is present-day Britain. He is a fine writer, and this is a truly necessary book' Philip Pullman'Owen Jones is a phenomenon of our times' David Kynaston, The Times Literary Supplement 'You will be enlightened and angry' Irvine Welsh

Bekulokhu kunenani elingamukelekile lokugqekeza. Kuyisenzakalo esibuhlungu kabi ukugqekezwa. Abantu bayaphoqeleka ukuthi bakwamukele ukuthi abaphephile ngisho nasezindlini zabo. Ngezinsuku zemikhaya emikhulu, kwakungelula ngomgqekezi. Kwakuhlale kukhona othile ekhaya, futhi ngokuvamile abantu abambalwa. Abagqekezi bazotholwa futhi banqotshwe kalula amandla. Namuhla, ngakolunye uhlangothi, abantu abaningi bahlala bodwa, futhi abaningi balabo asebekhulile abazala izingane. Kungabangela isimo esihlala njalo sokukhathazeka nokukhathazeka. Enye indlela ezungeze lokhu, ukusebenzisa uhlelo lokuphepha ekhaya. Empeleni bathule bayathengeka manje futhi. Uhlelo lwezokuphepha lwasekhaya oluhloniphekile, oluhambisana nomakhelwane abanobungane, luyisixazululo esithengekayo.

Ngithemba ukuthi uzothola ulwazi luwusizo, luwusizo futhi lunenzuzo. Izinkinga ezikule ebook zithinta izici ezihlukahlukene zokuvikela umndeni wakho nekhaya lakho kanye nemibono ehlobene ihlelwe yaba izahluko ezingu-15 zamagama angaba ngu-500-600 ngasinye. Ngethemba ukuthi izothakasela labo abakhathazekile ngokuphepha kwabo. Bekulokhu kunenani elingamukelekile lokugqekeza. Kuyisenzakalo esibuhlungu kabi ukugqekezwa. Abantu bayaphoqeleka ukuthi bakwamukele ukuthi abaphephile ngisho nasezindlini zabo. Ngezinsuku zemikhaya emikhulu, kwakungelula ngomgqekezi. Kwakuhlale kukhona othile ekhaya, futhi ngokuvamile abantu abambalwa. Abagqekezi bazotholwa futhi banqotshwe kalula amandla. Namuhla, ngakolunye uhlangothi, abantu abaningi bahlala bodwa, futhi abaningi balabo asebekhulile abazala izingane. Kungabangela isimo esihlala njalo sokukhathazeka nokukhathazeka. Enye indlela ezungeze lokhu, ukusebenzisa uhlelo lokuphepha ekhaya. Empeleni bathule bayathengeka manje futhi. Uhlelo lwezokuphepha lwasekhaya oluhloniphekile, oluhambisana nomakhelwane abanobungane, luyisixazululo esithengekayo. Njengebhonasi, ngikunikeza imvume yokusebenzisa okuqukethwe kuwebhusayithi yakho noma kumabhulogi akho kanye nencwadi yezindaba, nakuba kungcono uma uzibhala kabusha ngamagama akho kuqala. Eqinisweni, okuwukuphela kwelungelo ongenalo elokuphinda udayise kabusha noma unikeze incwadi njengoba ilethwe kuwe.

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Umbono Ongelona iqiniso (umqulu 1): U-Megan uneminyaka eyishumi nambili ubudala, futhi umama wakhe usephinde wamvalela egumbini elingaphansi kwamalahle ngenxa yokukhuluma ngamandla akhe engqondo. ?Ukuqamba amanga? njengoba unina ekubiza kanjalo. Wesaba izicabucabu angaziboni, kodwa umngane wakhe, ingwe enkulu yaseSiberia iza ukuzomsekela ngokuziphatha, njengoba ecabanga ngekusasa lakhe.

Uchungechunge lwe-Psychic Megan luqukethe amanoveli angamashumi amabili nantathu mayelana nokukhula kwentombazane esencane ukuthi iyakwazi ukwenza izinto okungekho noyedwa emndenini wayo ongakwenza. UMegan uneminyaka eyishumi nambili kumqulu wokuqala. Unezinkinga ezimbili ezibonakala zingenakuxazululeka. Unina uyawesaba amakhono endodakazi yakhe acashile futhi ngeke nje ayisize kodwa uyayidikibalisa ngenkuthalo; futhi akakwazi ukuthola uthisha ongamsiza ukuba athuthukise amandla akhe angaphezu kwawemvelo, amandla engqondo. Ngoba akafuni nje ukwazi ukuthi yini engenzeka nokuthi angayenza kanjani, kodwa kufanele abeke amakhono akhe akhethekile ukuze afinyelele ekugcineni. U-Megan uyintombazane elungile, ngakho-ke kubonakala kusobala ukuthi ujwayele ukusebenzisa amandla akhe ngokuhle, kodwa akulula ngaso sonke isikhathi ukwenza okulungile ngisho noma wazi ukuthi kuyini lokho. Lezi zindaba ezimayelana noMegan zizokhanga noma ngubani onentshisekelo emandleni engqondo, amandla angaphezu kwawemvelo kanye ne-paranormal futhi ophakathi kweminyaka eyishumi nekhulu ubudala. I-Misconception (umqulu 1 kwangu-23): U-Megan uneminyaka eyishumi nambili ubudala, futhi umama wakhe usemvalele egumbini elingaphansi kwamalahle futhi ngenxa yokukhuluma ngamandla akhe omlingo. ?Ukuqamba amanga? njengoba unina ekubiza kanjalo. Wesaba izicabucabu angaziboni, kodwa umngane wakhe, ingwe enkulu yaseSiberia iza ukuzomsekela ngokuziphatha, njengoba ecabanga ngekusasa lakhe.

Ukudla imifino bekuyifilosofi yokupheka eskhathini sezinkulungwane zeminyaka yesikhathi esedlule kodwa hhayi kakhulu ngase Ntshonalanga. Ize yaqala ukubuya ekuqaleni kwekhulu lamashumi nambili. Ukudla imifino yathathwa kwi Hippy Movement eminyakeni kweyamashumi ayisithupha nayisikhombisa edlule ngoba omunye wabo wathola ugqozi oluvela eMpumalanga elaliphuma ikakhulukazi kuBuddha. Izingane zalawo ma-hippie zaqhubeka nempilo yazo le abazali ababagxilisa kuyo futhi zayidlulisele ezinganeni zazo. Namuhla ambalwa kakhulu amadolobhana noma mancane ekungathiwa awanayo indawo yokudlela ukudla kwemifino. Lena akuyona incwadi yokupheka, nakuba ixoxa ngokudla kwemifino futhi inikeza izibonelo ezimbalwa zokupheka. Iyincwadi yalabo abafuna ukwazi umvuzo ngokudla imifino ukuze bezokwazi uqonda kangcono umunyakazo, abangani babo namalungu omndeni lawa adla imifino. Ngiyathemba ukuthi ulwazi oluqhukethwe ilencwadi uzolithola luwusizo futhi lunenzuzo.
Ulwazi olukule ebook mayelana nemifino nezihloko ezihlobene nalo luhlelwe lwaba izahluko eziyi-shumi amabili nesithupha kanti amagama aphakathi kwamakhulu amahlanu kuya kumakhulu ayisithupha amagama ngalinye. Ibhonasi ukuthi ngikunikeza imvume yokusebenzisa okuqukethwe ukufake kuwebhusayithi yakho noma kumabhulogi akho kanye nencwadi yezindaba kanti futhi kunga ngcono uma uzibhala kabusha ngamagama akho kuqala.

Ngithemba ukuthi uzothola ulwazi luwusizo, luwusizo futhi lunenzuzo. Ulwazi olukule ebook ngezici ezihlukahlukene zamasethi ezitimela nezihloko ezihlobene luhlelwe lwaba izahluko ezingu-15 zamagama angaba ngu-500-600 ngasinye. Ngithemba ukuthi kuzoba nentshisekelo kulabo abanomndeni omncane noma abathanda izitimela namasethi esitimela angamamodeli. Njengebhonasi, ngikunikeza imvume yokusebenzisa okuqukethwe kuwebhusayithi yakho noma kumabhulogi akho kanye nencwadi yezindaba, nakuba kungcono uma uzibhala kabusha ngamagama akho kuqala. Ungakwazi futhi ukuhlukanisa incwadi bese uthengisa kabusha izindatshana. Eqinisweni, okuwukuphela kwelungelo ongenalo elokuphinda udayise kabusha noma unikeze incwadi njengoba ilethwe kuwe.

Ulwazi olukule ebook lwendlela yokuthola amadili angcono kakhulu uma uboleka imali nezihloko ezihlobene luhlelwe lwaba izahluko eziyi-17 zamagama angaba ngu-500-600 ngasinye. Kuzokusiza ukuthi uthuthukise indlela obhekana ngayo noxhaso kanye nemalimboleko ngezeluleko neziphakamiso eziwusizo. Kufanele futhi ikunikeze imibono yokuthi ungazithuthukisa kanjani izindlela osuvele uzenza. Ukuboleka imali sekuvame kakhulu kunanoma yisiphi esinye isikhathi emashumini eminyaka, ngenxa yesimo somnotho womhlaba ngemva kokucekelwa phansi kobhubhane lweCovid, kanye nokucekeleka phansi kokwehla kwamandla emali nokuntuleka kwemisebenzi. Njengebhonasi, ngikunikeza imvume yokusebenzisa okuqukethwe kuwebhusayithi yakho noma kumabhulogi akho kanye nencwadi yezindaba, nakuba kungcono uma uzibhala kabusha ngamagama akho kuqala. Eqinisweni, okuwukuphela kwelungelo ongenalo elokuphinda udayise kabusha noma unikeze incwadi njengoba ilethwe kuwe.

Ngethemba ukuthi izothakazelisa kulabo abanethemba lokwenza imali ku-inthanethi, kanye nalabo abafuna ukuheha ithrafikhi eyengeziwe ebhizinisini elingaxhunyiwe ku-inthanethi ngokusebenzisa izinsiza ezivame ?mahhala? ezinikezwa yi-inthanethi. Kuzoba usizo futhi kubabhlogi abafuna nje ukwenza abangani emhlabeni wonke futhi baxoxe nabo. Ngenhlanhla, izici eziningi ze-inthanethi zisatholakala mahhala, ikakhulukazi uma ungakuvumeli ukukhohliswa abantu abazibiza ngezazi ze-inthanethi, abalinde ukushwabadela abasha abangaqaphile.

Ngithemba ukuthi uzothola ulwazi luwusizo, lusebenziseka futhi lunenzuzo. Imibono ekule ibhuku ngezici ezihlukahlukene ze-inthanethi okuhlanganisa ukuyisebenzisa ukuze uzuze ihlelwe yaba izahluko ezingu-17 zamagama angaba ngu-500-600 ngasinye. Ngethemba ukuthi izothakazelisa kulabo abanethemba lokwenza imali ku-inthanethi, kanye nalabo abafuna ukuheha ithrafikhi eyengeziwe ebhizinisini elingaxhunyiwe ku-inthanethi ngokusebenzisa izinsiza ezivame ?mahhala? ezinikezwa yi-inthanethi. Kuzoba usizo futhi kubabhlogi abafuna nje ukwenza abangani emhlabeni wonke futhi baxoxe nabo. Ngenhlanhla, izici eziningi ze-inthanethi zisatholakala mahhala, ikakhulukazi uma ungakuvumeli ukukhohliswa abantu abazibiza ngezazi ze-inthanethi, abalinde ukushwabadela abasha abangaqaphile. Njengebhonasi, ngikunikeza imvume yokusebenzisa okuqukethwe kuwebhusayithi yakho noma kumabhulogi akho kanye nephephandaba lakho le-inthanethi, nakuba kungcono uma uzibhala kabusha ngamagama akho kuqala.

Njalonje kuye kwaba nokugqekeza okwanda ngendlela engamukelekile. Kuyisipiliyoni esikhathazayo ukugqekezelwa. Abantu baphoqeleka ukuba bamukele ukuthi abaphephile ngisho nasemakhaya abo. Ezinsukwini zemindeni emikhulu, kwakungelula ngomgqekezi. Kwakuhlale kunothile ekhaya, futhi ngokuvamile abantu abaningana. Ababefuna ukugqekeza bebephawuleka futhi banqontshwe kalula. Kulezi zinsuku, ngakolunye uhlangothi, abantu abaningi bahlala bodwa, futhi iningi labo abantu abadala. Kungadala isimo sokukhathazeka unomphela kanye nexhala. Enye indlela yokwenza lokhu, ukufaka uhlelo lokuphepha kwasekhaya. Empeleni azibizi kakhulu futhi manje. Uhlelo oluhle lokuphepha kwekhaya, oluhlangene nomakhelwane abanobungane, yisisombululo esingabizi.

Ngethemba ukuthi uzothola ulwazi lunosizo, lisebenziseka futhi luzuzisa. Izinkinga ezikule ncwadi ziphathelene nezici ezihlukahlukene zokuvikela umndeni wakho kanye nekhaya futhi imibono ehlobene ihlelwe yaba izahluko ezingu-15 zamagama angaba ngu500-600 ngasinye. Ngiyethemba ukuthi kuzothakazelisa kulabo abakhathazekile ngokuphepha kwabo. Bekuloku kunenani elanda ngendlela engamukeli yokugqekeza. Kuyisipiliyoni esikhathazayo ukugqekezelwa. Abantu baphoqeleka ukuba bamukele ukuthi abaphephile ngisho nasemakhaya abo. Ezinsukwini zemindeni emikhulu, kwakungelula kumgqekezi. Kwakuhlala kunothile ekhaya, futhi ngokuvamile abantu abaningana. Abagqekezi babephawuleka futhi benqontshwa kalula. Kulezi zinsuku, ngakolunye uhlangothi, abantu abaningi bahlala bodwa, futhi iningi labo abantu abadala. Kungadala isimo sokukhathazeka unomphela kanye nexhala. Enye indlela yokwenza lokhu, ukufaka uhlelo lokuphepha kwasekhaya. Empeleni ziyathengeka manje futhi. Uhlelo oluhle lokuphepha kwekhaya, oluhlangene nomakhelwane abanobungane, yisisombululo esingabizi. Njengebhonasi eyengeziwe, ngikunikeza imvume yokusebenzisa okuqukethwe kuwebhusayithi yakho noma kumabhulogi akho nakuphephandaba, nakuba kungcono uma uzibhala kabusha ngamagama akho kuqala. Eqinisweni, okuwukuphela kwelungelo ongenalo ukuthi uphinde udayise noma uphisane ngencwadi njengoba inikezwe wena.

Kungase kuphikiswe kalula ngokuthi ubuciko bomzimba buthandwa kakhulu manje kunanoma yisiphi isikhathi emlandweni. Ezinsukwini zakudala, amatilosi ayewumkhakha onama-tattoos amaningi emphakathini, kodwa emashumini eminyaka manje, leyo mboni yintsha, okuyiqembu elikhulu kunalabo abahamba olwandle. Akukhona nje kuphela ukuthi i-tattooing yangempela ithole inani labantu elibanzi, kodwa ubuchwepheshe buye bandisa izindlela ezingase zisetshenziswe ukuthuthukisa imizimba yethu. Namuhla, isibonelo, ungathola i-tattoo fake ezohlala izinsuku ezimbalwa ngomcimbi okhethekile. Ngendlela efanayo, abesifazane bangapenda umzimba futhi obukele nje angaxolelwa ngokungaboni intokazi enqunu.

Ngithemba ukuthi uzothola ulwazi luwusizo, luwusizo futhi lunenzuzo. Kungase kuphikiswe kalula ngokuthi ubuciko bomzimba buthandwa kakhulu kunanoma yisiphi isikhathi emlandweni. Ezinsukwini zakudala, amatilosi ayewumkhakha onama-tattoos amaningi emphakathini, kodwa emashumini eminyaka manje, leyo mboni yintsha, okuyiqembu elikhulu kunalabo abahamba olwandle. Akukhona nje kuphela ukuthi i-tattooing yangempela ithole inani labantu elibanzi, kodwa ubuchwepheshe buye bandisa izindlela ezingase zisetshenziswe ukuthuthukisa imizimba yethu. Namuhla, isibonelo, ungathola i-tattoo fake ezohlala izinsuku ezimbalwa ngomcimbi okhethekile. Ngendlela efanayo, abantu besifazane bangapenda umzimba futhi umuntu obukele nje angathethelelwa ngokungaboni intokazi enqunu. Lokhu akusebenzi kahle emadodeni, ngenxa yezizathu ezisobala! Ungathola futhi ama-tan mbumbulu, odayi bezinwele, nama-varnish e-nail angasetshenziswa kalula ekhaya. Kukhona futhi amazinyo amhlophe, amawigi ashibhile, namalensi okuxhumana anombala atholakalayo. Ingasaphathwa yezibuko zelanga ezishibhile nezingilazi zomgunyathi zezinhlobo eziningi. Indlela yokugcina yobuciko bomzimba ukuhlinzwa kwepulasitiki. Abantu abaningi abavamile bafisa ukusika ipulasitiki, ama-tucks kanye nama-nips kulezi zinsuku - akulona nje ilungelo labacebile nabadumile. Eqinisweni, amanye amazwe, njengeThailand, anikezela ngamaholide afaka ukuhlinzwa kwepulasitiki (kanye nezinye izinhlobo), ukuze abangani bakho bangaboni lapho ubuya eholidini lenyanga! Eqinisweni, ngazo zonke izinketho zobuciko bomzimba ezitholakala emgwaqeni ophakeme ovamile waseNtshonalanga, akekho odinga ukubukeka ngendlela efanayo izinsuku ezimbili egijima! Ulwazi olukule ebook ngezici ezihlukahlukene zobuciko bomzimba nezihloko ezihlobene, njengokubhoboza, ukudweba umzimba nama-tattoos, kuhlelwe kwaba izahluko ezingu-18 zamagama angaba ngu-500-600 ngasinye. Ngithemba ukuthi kuzobathakazelisa labo abathanda ukubhala idayari nebhulogi, noma abangathanda, kanye nabaphathi bewebhu abadinga okuqukethwe kokushicilelwa kwabo ku-inthanethi. Ngakho-ke, njengebhonasi eyengeziwe, ngikunikeza imvume yokusebenzisa okuqukethwe kuwebhusayithi yakho noma kumabhulogi akho kanye nencwadi yezindaba, nakuba kungcono uma uzibhala kabusha ngamagama akho kuqala.

Alaye ti o wa ninu ebook yii lori bii o ?e le gba aw?n i?owo to dara jul? nigbati yiya owo ati aw?n koko-?r? ti o j?m? ti ?eto sinu aw?n ipin metadinlogun ti aw?n ?r? ?d?gb?ta si ?gb?ta k??kan. Yoo ?e iranl?w? fun ? ni il?siwaju ?na ti o sunm? igbeowosile ati aw?n awin p?lu im?ran iranl?w? ati aw?n im?ran. O y? ki o tun fun ? ni aw?n im?ran lori bi o ?e le mu aw?n ?na ti o ti n ?e t?l?. Yiyawo owo ti di w?p? di? sii pe ni eyikeyi akoko miiran ni aw?n ewadun, nitori ipo ti aw?n ?r?-aje agbaye l?hin aw?n iparun ti ajakale-arun Covid, ati aw?n iparun ti o t?le ti afikun ati aisi i??. G?g?bi ?bun afikun, Mo fun ? ni igbanilaaye lati lo akoonu lori oju opo w??bu tir? tabi ninu aw?n bul??gi ati iwe iroyin tir?, botil?j?pe o dara jul? ti o ba tun k? w?n ni aw?n ?r? tir? ni ak?k?. Ni otit?, ?t? nikan ti o ko ni ni lati ta tabi fi iwe naa sil? bi a ti fi ji?? fun ?.

Heng Lee hirtelen nagyon furcsán kezdi érezni magát, ÿgy felkeresi a helyi sámánn?t, történetesen a nagynénjét. Aki néhány vizsgálat elvégzése után úgy ÿtéli, hogy Hengnek nincs vére. De hogy fogja ezt el?adni a családjának és mihez fognak ezzel kezdeni?

Michael tizenkét éve él thaiföldi feleségével Thaiföldön, két éve Spanyolországban, de nem kapott neki tartózkodási engedélyt az Egyesült Királyságba. Visszaküldték Thaiföldre, ? pedig visszaköltözött szül?városába, a dél-walesi Barry-be, hogy megpróbálja ?belülr?l megszerezni?. Csekély az esélye, és egyre mélyebbre süllyed a kétségbeesésbe, még a tengerparton is alszik, hogy pénzt takarÿtson meg. Valójában kezdi elveszÿteni az eszét az aggodalomtól és a magánytól. Még a családjához sem megy segÿtségért, mert úgy érzi, hogy szégyellik ?t, de vajon igaza van? Egy nap egy véletlen baleset során négy emberrel kerül kapcsolatba, akik örökre megváltoztatják az életét, de kik ?k és honnan származnak? Alteregója, Ralph fantasztikus célzásokat tesz, de vajon igazak lehetnek? Az Idegenek Háza egy fantázia-regény, de a történetben lév? problémák nagyon is valóságosak párok ezrei számára.

Buchbescheibung:
Hinter ihrem Lÿcheln: Band¿1:¿Daddy''s Hobby
Die Geschichte von Lek, einem Barmÿdchen in Pattaya, Thailand
von Owen Jones
Lek ist als ÿlteste von vier Geschwistern in eine typische Familie von Reisbauern hineingeboren worden. Sie hatte nie erwartet, dass sich ihr Leben anders entwickeln würde als das ihrer Klassenkameradinnen in ihrem Dorf im Norden Thailands. Normalerwise hÿtte dies bedeutet, ein paar Jahre lang auf dem Feld zu arbeiten, ein paar Kinder zu bekommen, sie dann zu ihrer Mutter zu geben, um weiter auf dem Feld zu arbeiten, bis ihre Kinder eines Tages selbst Kinder bekommen würden und sie an der Reihe wÿre, auf diese aufzupassen. Eines Tages passierte jedoch aus heiterem Himmel eine Katastrophe: Ihr Vater starb jung und hinterlieÿ einen Schuldenberg, von dem seine Familie bis dahin nichts gewusst hatte. Lek war zu der Zeit zwanzig Jahre alt und die Einzige in ihrer Familie, die eine Zwangsvollstreckung abwenden konnte. Jedoch war ihre einzige Option, nach Pattaya zu gehen, um dort in der Bar ihrer Cousine zu arbeiten. Sie fing als Kellnerin an und merkte bald, dass sie von ihrem Ehemann, mit dem sie sich zu der Zeit schon lÿngst auseinandergelebt hatte, schwanger war. Nun musste sich einiges ÿndern. Sie bekam ihre Tochter, lieÿ sie bei ihrer Mutter, um auf sie aufzupassen und kehrte¿ nach Pattaya zurück, um weiter zu arbeiten. Nun musste sie mehr Geld verdienen, um ihrer Tochter ein gutes Leben zu ermöglichen und die Tatsache, dass sie fast 1000 Kilometer trennten, wiedergutzumachen. So driftete sie in die Sexindustrie ab.
In diesem Buch geht es um ihre Abenteuer, ihre Trÿume und Alptrÿume, sowie ihren Modus Operandi. Es soll aus Leks Sicht erzÿhlen, wie es wirklich ist, ein Barmÿdchen in Thailand zu sein - mit allen Hoffnungen und Enttÿuschungen, die damit einhergehen und zum Alltag gehören.
Eines Tages lernt sie einen Mann kennen, den sie wirklic