Gift of Time
A Family's Diary of Cancer
- Hardcover
224 pages
- Release Date
18 August 2011
Summary
When his mother Joan was diagnosed with terminal cancer, Rory MacLean and his wife Katrin took her into their home. For five months, as their life fragmented and turned inward, they fought both to resist and to accept the inevitable. Each gave vent to their emotions in different ways, but all three kept a diary.
Heartbreakingly honest and deeply moving, Gift of Time is the story of those days, in the words of a son, his wife and his mother. Woven together into a poignant meditation on…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781849018579 |
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| ISBN-10: | 184901857X |
| Author: | Rory MacLean, Geography of Heaven Rory MacLean |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Imprint: | Constable |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 224 |
| Release Date: | 18 August 2011 |
| Weight: | 360g |
| Dimensions: | 224mm x 159mm x 22mm |
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Rory Maclean is one of the most strikingly original and talented travel writers of his generation. - Katie Hickman
Poignant. - The BooksellerMoving… Not all memoirs of death go as gently or acceptingly into this good night. - Catholic HeraldA moving, exceptional book and highly recommended. - The TabletBoth heartbreaking and, oddly, life-enhancing. - Financial TimesPoignant and moving. - ChoiceBrave. - Daily TelegraphAbout The Author
Rory MacLean
Rory MacLean’s seven books, including UK bestsellers Stalin’s Nose and Under the Dragon, have challenged and invigorated travel writing. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and an active member of English PEN. He now lives with his family in Berlin.
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