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It's not yet dark / Simon Fitzmaurice.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Dublin : Hachette Books Ireland, 2015.Description: 165 pages ; 20 cmISBN:
  • 9781444795189 (pbk.) :
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 362.1968390092 23
LOC classification:
  • RC406.A24
Summary: In 2008, Simon Fitzmaurice was diagnosed with motor neurone disease and was given four years to live. In 2010, in a state of lung-function collapse, Simon knew with crystal clarity that now was not his time to die. Against all prevailing medical opinion, he chose to ventilate in order to stay alive. Here, the young filmmaker, a husband and father of five small children draws us deeply into his inner world. Told in simply expressed and beautifully stark prose, the result is an astonishing journey into a life which, though brutally compromised, is lived more fully and in the moment than most, revealing at its core the power of love its most potent.
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General The Harden Library, King's Hospital Main 362.1 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available R15323M0499

Originally published: 2014.

In 2008, Simon Fitzmaurice was diagnosed with motor neurone disease and was given four years to live. In 2010, in a state of lung-function collapse, Simon knew with crystal clarity that now was not his time to die. Against all prevailing medical opinion, he chose to ventilate in order to stay alive. Here, the young filmmaker, a husband and father of five small children draws us deeply into his inner world. Told in simply expressed and beautifully stark prose, the result is an astonishing journey into a life which, though brutally compromised, is lived more fully and in the moment than most, revealing at its core the power of love its most potent.

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