Being Adam Golightly

The cruel early death of his wife Helen tears up the script of Adam Golightly's middle-class, middle-aged existence. Miserably single, outnumbered by his kids and haunted by life's screaming fragility, he recounts his fight back against the hand of fate.

About the author

Adam Golightly (pseudonym) is a recently widowed father of two. A former account planner in a big advertising firm, he now writes a weekly column in The Guardian about adjusting to life as a single father.

Summary

The cruel early death of his wife Helen tears up the script of Adam Golightly's middle-class, middle-aged existence. Miserably single, outnumbered by his kids and haunted by life's screaming fragility, he recounts his fight back against the hand of fate.

Foreword

The cruel early death of his wife Helen tears up the script of Adam Golightly's middle-class, middle-aged existence. Miserably single, outnumbered by his kids and haunted by life's screaming fragility, he recounts his fight back against the hand of fate.

Additional text

"Poignant, funny, ultimately uplifting. We are all Adam".

Product details

• Authors: Adam Golightly, Adam Golithtly
• Publisher: Short Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 08.02.2018
• EAN: 9781780723167
• ISBN: 978-1-78072-316-7
• No. of pages: 256
• Dimensions: 128 mm x 198 mm x 26 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Biographies, autobiographies; Coping with death & bereavement, Coping with death and bereavement, Coping with / advice about death and bereavement, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Memoirs