My Year Off

Rediscovering Life After a Stroke

By:

Robert McCrum

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Paperback / softback

Series:

Picador Classic

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A heart-warming, compassionate book about sudden illness and love under pressure "Not only a riveting account of sudden illness, but also of love being put under a real test: a heart-warming triumph" Kazuo Ishiguro, Sunday Times My brain, which had just let me down so badly, was perhaps never so active. The paramedics' question was a fundamental one. Who are you? Yes indeed. Who am I? Robert McCrum was forty-two when he suffered a massive stroke which left one side of his body totally paralysed, his speech drastically impaired, and his sense of himself radically altered. What followed was a prolonged period of recovery, full of heart ache and frustration, as he gradually regained sensation, movement and self-esteem and as his family pulled together in the extraordinary effort necessary to make him well again. My Year Off is a moving story of determination, courage and love that sings with wit and honesty. An invaluable insight into the reality of life after stroke, the moments of hope, the anger and despair, this is a touching classic that gives voice to millions.

Author Biography:

Robert McCrum is an associate editor of the Observer and was formerly an editor at Faber & Faber. He writes regular reviews and is the author of the critically acclaimed P. G. Wodehouse: A Life.

Release date NZ

June 18th, 2015

Author

Robert McCrum

Series

Picador Classic

Contributor

Introduction by Henry Marsh

Pages

304

Interest Age

From 18 years

Audiences

General (US: Trade)
Professional & Vocational
Tertiary Education (US: College)

Dimensions

130x197x19

ISBN-13

9781447289265

Product ID

24152368

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