Bibliograph

It's not yet dark, Simon Fitzmaurice

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It's not yet dark, Simon Fitzmaurice

Language

eng

resource.biographical

autobiography

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

It's not yet dark

Responsibility statement

Simon Fitzmaurice

Summary

"In 2008, Simon Fitzmaurice was diagnosed with ALS, or Lou Gehrig's disease. He 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. In It's Not Yet Dark, 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, it is an astonishing journey into a life that, though brutally compromised, is lived more fully than most, revealing at its core the potent power love has to carry us through the days. Written using an eye-gaze computer, It's Not Yet Dark is an unforgettable book about relationships and family, about what connects and separates us as people, and, ultimately, about what it means to be alive"--, Provided by publisher

Target audience

adult

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