The Cure for Sleep

This is a memoir with the quality of fable: inviting us, however late in life, to wake up and step out of the confines we have made for ourselves.

About the author

Tanya Shadrick is a former hospice scribe and writer who works in public spaces to encourage others to share stories and take creative risks. She has been a visiting writer in many extraordinary places, including England's oldest outdoor pool, Virginia Woolf's garden at Monk's House and the Jan Michalski Foundation for Writing and Literature in Switzerland. She is editor and publisher of the Wainwright Prize longlisted Wild Woman Swimming (The Selkie Press) and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts. This is her first book.

Summary

This is a memoir with the quality of fable: inviting us, however late in life, to wake up and step out of the confines we have made for ourselves.

Foreword

This is a memoir with the quality of fable: inviting us, however late in life, to wake up and step out of the confines we have made for ourselves.

Additional text

A sublimely written account of refusing to be defined by social constructs and embracing life-enhancing change, The Cure for Sleep is a poignant and inspiring slice of literary memoir.

Product details

• Authors: Tanya Shadrick
• Publisher: Weidenfeld and Nicolson
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2021
• EAN: 9781474618076
• ISBN: 978-1-4746-1807-6
• No. of pages: 336
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 218 mm x 36 mm
• Series: W&N Essentials
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Biographies, autobiographies; SELF-HELP / Death, Grief, Bereavement, Memoirs, FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Death, Grief, Bereavement, Writing & editing guides, Writing and editing guides, Creative writing & creative writing guides, Creative writing and creative writing guides, Coping with / advice about death and bereavement