A Short History Of Falling

By Joe Hammond

₹ 599.00 inclusive of all taxes

Buy Now

Warning

/var/www/html/harper_staging/wp-content/themes/harpercollins/woocommerce/content-single-product.php

399

Warning

/var/www/html/harper_staging/wp-content/themes/harpercollins/woocommerce/content-single-product.php

407

Or from your local bookseller.

We will notify you when the book is released!

We will email you when the book is released!

Please allow notification and avoid private mode for this feature to work.

About the book

We keep an old shoebox, Gill and I, nestled in a drawer in our room. It’s filled with thirty-three birthday cards for our two young sons: one for every year I’ll miss until they’re twenty-one. I wrote them because, since the end of 2017, I’ve been living with – and dying from – motor neurone disease.

This book is about the process of saying goodbye. To my body, as I journey from unexpected clumsiness to a wheelchair that resembles a spacecraft, with rods and pads and dials and bleeps. To this world, as I play less of a part in it and find myself floating off into unlighted territory. To Gill, my wife. To Tom and Jimmy.

Pages: 256

Available in: Hardback

Language: English

Joe Hammond

Joe Hammond was a critically acclaimed writer and playwright. He took part in the Royal Court Studio Writers’ Group in 2012, having previously been mentored by the theatre and BBC. His debut London production ‘Where the Mangrove Grows’ played at Theatre503 in 2012 and was later published by Bloomsbury. His memoir, A Short History of Falling, chronicling the last days of his life, was published by 4th Estate in 2019 shortly before his death. He is survived by his wife and two sons.