Short History of Falling
Short History of Falling 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…
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Short History of Falling
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.We keep an old shoebox, Gill and I, nestled in a drawer in our room. 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. 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.
To this world, as I play less of a part in it and find myself floating off into unlighted territory. 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 Gill, my wife.
To Tom and