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Claire Nelson

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Claire Nelson is a New-Zealand-born writer living in London who has spent more than a decade in travel and food journalism. She spent a year living in Vancouver, Canada, where she wrote her first book, Things I Learned From Falling.

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Hey Claire. Not a question. More of a statement to say how much I enjoyed your book The Things I Learned From Falling. Thank you for your honesty and vulnerability. What a read. Apparently this needs to contain a question mark so I will go further and ask if you plan to write another book?

Claire Nelson Hi Abbey - forgive the late response, but thank you indeed for the kind statement. I do hope to write another book; the cogs are always whirring away …moreHi Abbey - forgive the late response, but thank you indeed for the kind statement. I do hope to write another book; the cogs are always whirring away in my mind! Thanks again for reading.(less)

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Things I Learned from Falling

4.06 avg rating — 5,659 ratings — published 2020 — 18 editions

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“That’s what it always was for me. Wanting to capture it, preserve even the smallest, most stupid moments, so I could hold on to them for ever. So that they never had to end. Because in the back of my mind I knew that eventually, everything ends.”
― Claire Nelson, Things I Learned from Falling

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“I’m fine’ was a mask I had become so comfortable wearing that I’d long forgotten I was still hiding behind it.”
― Claire Nelson, Things I Learned from Falling: A Memoir – An Uplifting Journey Through Desert Survival and Anxiety

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“When you realize how much time you’ve wasted on fear, you sure as hell don’t want to spend any more of it being afraid.”
― Claire Nelson, Things I Learned from Falling: A Memoir – An Uplifting Journey Through Desert Survival and Anxiety

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