| Edition |
First U.S. edition |
| 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. |
| Subject |
Fitzmaurice, Simon.
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Fitzmaurice, Simon -- Health.
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Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs.
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Medical.
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Entertainment & Performing Arts.
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HEALTH & FITNESS / Diseases / Nervous System (incl. Brain).
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| Other Form: |
Online version: Fitzmaurice, Simon, author. It's not yet dark Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2017 9781328918581 (DLC) 2017027387 |
| ISBN |
9781328916716 (hardback) |
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1328916715 (hardback) |
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