{"id":16099,"date":"2025-10-01T23:29:18","date_gmt":"2025-10-01T22:29:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wenvoe.org.uk\/?p=16099"},"modified":"2025-10-01T23:30:48","modified_gmt":"2025-10-01T22:30:48","slug":"managing-expectations-by-minnie-driver","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/wenvoe.org.uk\/?p=16099","title":{"rendered":"“Managing Expectations” by Minnie Driver"},"content":{"rendered":"

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“Managing Expectations” by Minnie Driver <\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>We all really enjoyed this book. It is not an autobiography but rather accounts of episodes in Minnie Driver\u2019s extraordinary life. It is hilarious, happy, poignant and sad. She writes so well about trying to understand the relationships and events that have formed her; her family and friends from England, New York, California and back again. Indeed, how she manages her life in good times and bad. From the very first sentence it is a page turner and hard to put down. We scored it 8\/10 and highly recommend this book as a good read.<\/p>\n

Tricia Coulthard<\/p>\n

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OFF THE SHELF “Managing Expectations” by Minnie Driver We all really enjoyed this book. It is not an autobiography but rather accounts of episodes in Minnie Driver\u2019s extraordinary life. It is hilarious, happy, poignant and sad. 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