A Short History of Falling - Everything I Observed About Love Whilst Dying

Informationen zum Autor Joe Hammond was a critically acclaimed writer and playwright. He took part in the Royal Court Studio Writers' Group in 2012, having previously been mentored by the theatre and BBC. His debut London production 'Where the Mangrove Grows' played at Theatre503 in 2012 and was later published by Bloomsbury. His memoir, A Short History of Falling, chronicling the last days of his life, was published by 4th Estate in 2019 shortly before his death. He lived in Hampshire with his wife and two sons. Klappentext The experience of living with motor neurone disease and knowing the time ahead is limited is considered in relation to fatherhood in this searing and profound memoir. Zusammenfassung A Short History of Falling – like The Diving Bell and the Butterfly , and When Breath Becomes Air – is a searingly beautiful, profound and unforgettable memoir that finds light and even humour in the darkest of places. Now with a Foreword by Joe’s widow, Gill Hammond We keep an old shoebox, Gill and I, nestled in a drawer in our room. It’s filled with thirty-three birthday cards for our two young sons: one for every year I’ll miss until they’re twenty-one. I wrote them because, since the end of 2017, I’ve been living with – and dying from – motor neurone disease. This book is about the process of saying goodbye. To my body, as I journey from unexpected clumsiness to a wheelchair that resembles a spacecraft, with rods and pads and dials and bleeps. To this world, as I play less of a part in it and find myself floating off into unlighted territory. To Gill, my wife. To Tom and Jimmy. A Short History of Falling is about the sadness (and the anger, and the fear), but it’s about what’s beautiful too. It’s about love and fatherhood, about the precious experience of observing my last moments with this body, surrounded by the people who matter most. It’s about what it feels like to confront the fact that my family will persist through time with only a memory of me. In many ways, it has been the most amazing time of my life. ...

Product details

• Authors: Joe Hammond, Hammond Joe
• Publisher: Fourth Estate
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 31.05.2020
• EAN: 9780008339944
• ISBN: 978-0-00-833994-4
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 18 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Guides > Self-help, everyday life > Lifestyle, personal development; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Biographies, autobiographies; England, Diaries, letters & journals, Spain, English, Autobiography: general, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Death & Dying, Memoirs, FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Death, Grief, Bereavement, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / People with Disabilities, 21st Century, Coping with death & bereavement, 21st century, c 2000 to c 2100, True stories of heroism, endurance & survival, Diaries, letters and journals, Coping with / advice about death and bereavement, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Memoirs, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Medical (inc Patients)