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Why Not Me?
A Story of Love and Loss
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272 pages
- Release Date
1 June 2011
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Summary
This haunting memoir of grief recounts the death from cancer of Nick Clarke, much-loved BBC radio presenter of The world at One - and the aftermath - from his widow Barbara’s point of view.
With painful honesty, Barbara lays open her ambivalent feelings about the illness as it progressed and her instinctive fear that this would be the end. As he got sicker, her fear grew, until he died an unfeasibly short time after his diagnosis.Barbara chronicles in unflinching pr…Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780753827758 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0753827751 |
| Author: | Barbara Want |
| Publisher: | Orion Publishing Co |
| Imprint: | Weidenfeld & Nicolson |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 272 |
| Release Date: | 1 June 2011 |
| Weight: | 228g |
| Dimensions: | 199mm x 154mm x 19mm |
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‘The true grit of Why Not Me is Want’s brave admissions about the emotional turmoil of a grieving widow.’
The true grit of Why Not Me is Want’s brave admissions about the emotional turmoil of a grieving widow. * BIG ISSUE IN THE NORTH *
About The Author
Barbara Want
Barbara Want is a writer and broadcaster. She was a BBC TV producer before her twin sons were born in 2002. They live in London. She is also the author of Baby Secrets.
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