by Alison White (Author)
This is a memoir about hope - hope in others, hope in systems, and hope for the future. I've never quite known where to begin when someone asks me what I've been up to. I've never quite known how to explain what our daily life is like. I wanted to write how it is in order to give others a greater understanding of disability and caring. And to be totally honest, I wanted to write something that would make people consider being Louis's friend. So here is me introducing you: Louis, this is your story. Readers, this is my son.
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 352
Edition: Main
Publisher: Faber & Faber
Published: 18 Jan 2018
ISBN 10: 0571335632
ISBN 13: 9780571335633
Book Overview: This is a memoir about a mother's love for her son, Louis. It is addressed to him. It combines the spare prose of a Drabble novel with the emotional impact of The Last Act of Love. This book is essential reading for anyone who has ever moaned about their taxes going pay for disability services: it should be legally required reading for anyone in the medical profession or anyone with the power to decide about cuts to those devices. - Louise Doughty, Observer