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Helly Acton


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Helly Acton is a copywriter from London with past lives in the Middle East, Africa and Australia. Born in Zimbabwe, Helly and her family emigrated to the East Sussex coast when she was 15 years old. Here, she finished school and spent her holidays in Saudi Arabia, where her father had been placed with work. She studied Law at King's College London before following a more creative path into advertising. In her mid-twenties, Helly escaped the rat race and took a three-month career break to travel in Africa, India and Asia before landing in Australia. What was supposed to last one year ended up lasting six, and after a life-affirming break-up in Sydney she returned home to find herself the last of her single friends. Helly threw herself into t ...more

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Average rating: 3.69 · 13,743 ratings · 1,954 reviews · 5 distinct works • Similar authors
The Shelf
3.66 avg rating — 7,769 ratings — published 2020 — 13 editions
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Begin Again
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“you’re teaching us how to react to situations, instead of teaching men not to be complete shitheads and cause those situations. Seems like the wrong way round, doesn’t it?”
― Helly Acton, The Shelf
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“Besides, we shouldn’t fear death. I think it’s something we should talk about more. We’re all facing it. It’s one of the few certainties in life. Learning to accept death as our fate makes us appreciate every single day we have. I sure as hell made sure that my days counted down there.”
― Helly Acton, Begin Again
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