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It's not yet dark
Title:
It's not yet dark
ISBN:
9781328916716
Edition:
First U.S. edition.
Physical Description:
165 pages ; 20 cm
Contents:
The brave -- Holding my breath -- Baggot Street Bridge -- Empire State Building -- I say his name -- North Cottage -- Sundance -- Pain -- Running -- He tells me -- The hopeful and the desperate -- Arden -- Sunshine in our lives -- Pizza -- Time to leave -- Fear -- My country -- A life -- Christmas -- This day -- What is man -- The tree -- Four pieces of paper -- White bicycles -- Winter in Berlin -- Drama -- The biggest, thickest, heaviest dictionary -- Cold from the fridge -- Gecko -- I'm still man -- It's not yet dark -- The darkness.
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.