It's Not Yet Dark: A Memoir
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| Rating | : | 4.18 (867 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B06XT1QRM7 |
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| Number of Pages | : | 189 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-12-23 |
| Language | : | English |
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Sanpete said "Those I count as friends are the brave". The thing I most value, and have the most regret about, is the time with my wife, who had ALS. I don't usually seek out material about the disease anymore, but this book is different--not about dying with ALS but living with it. Simon Fitzmaurice (SF) is living with ALS in defiance of medical wisdom,. "Living With ALS a Film Directors Memoir" according to Pamela V. It's Not Yet Dark is the memoir of Irish Film Director Simon Fitzmaurice. In 2008, the author was diagnosed with Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, more commonly known as Lou Gehrig's Disease. He was given Living With ALS a Film Directors Memoir It's Not Yet Dark is the memoir of Irish Film Director Simon Fitzmaurice. In 2008, the author was diagnosed with Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, more commonly known as Lou Gehrig's Disease. He was given 3-Living With ALS a Film Directors Memoir Pamela V It's Not Yet Dark is the memoir of Irish Film Director Simon Fitzmaurice. In 2008, the author was diagnosed with Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, more commonly known as Lou Gehrig's Disease. He was given 3-4 years to live.I am a nurse and had a patient in 2012 that was diagnosed with ALS. I was with hi. years to live.I am a nurse and had a patient in 2012 that was diagnosed with ALS. I was with hi. -Living With ALS a Film Directors Memoir Pamela V It's Not Yet Dark is the memoir of Irish Film Director Simon Fitzmaurice. In 2008, the author was diagnosed with Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, more commonly known as Lou Gehrig's Disease. He was given 3-4 years to live.I am a nurse and had a patient in 2012 that was diagnosed with ALS. I was with hi. years to live.I am a nurse and had a patient in 2012 that was diagnosed with ALS. I was with hi. A Masterpiece Antigone Walsh this is a beautiful, heart rending book about a creative man dealing with ALS. The writing is spare and appropriately so. He remembers both the highlights and heartbreaks of his life, from the cruelty of childhood bullies to the transcendent love he enjhoys with his wifie. As the disease progresses r
Select Irish Praise for It’s Not Yet Dark #1 Bestseller “A gripping, affecting, sometimes funny read by a natural-born storyteller with something to say about the weight and the value of a lifeIf you need a story of courage, of heart, of coming back for more, of love and struggle and the power of both, It's Not Yet Dark could be the elusive thing you're after.” —Joseph O'Connor “Beautifully written. A desire to remain in the light of all creation, even as a darkening is taking place. A darkening which happens to us all.” —Colin Farrell “Part memoir, part stark document of the way Simon and his family have dealt with motor neuron disease, and part fierce celebration of being alive, It's Not Yet Dark is powerfu
In It’s Not Yet Dark, the young filmmaker, a husband and father of five small children, draws us deeply into his inner world. 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.. Against all prevailing medical opinion, he chose to ventilate in order to stay alive. Utterly life-affirming.” —Alan RickmanA luminous memoir in the tradition of The Diving Bell and the Butterfly and a #1 bestseller upon its initial release in Ireland, a young filmmaker gives us “a story of courage, of heart, of coming back for more, of love and struggle and the power of both” (Joseph O'Connor). 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. “Beautifully written. 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