Don't Put Yourself on Toast
A Memoir
Seiten
2022
Short Books Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-78072-527-7 (ISBN)
Short Books Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-78072-527-7 (ISBN)
A bittersweet, coming-of-age memoir about losing a parent and the power of laughter to hold a family together.
"A startling debut... This book will make you want to hold everyone you love close, reminding you that life may be fleeting but the people in it never are." PICKED FOR ESQUIRE MAGAZINE'S BEST BOOKS OF 2022
Best Books of 2022 - Picked by Readers - FINANCIAL TIMES
When Freddy was 21 years old, his dad, a larger-than-life, successful TV producer, was diagnosed with glioblastoma, a particularly aggressive type of brain cancer.
In vivid snapshots, Freddy recalls the ups and downs of an impossible time - from the entertaining antics of a wine-gum tossing competition in a hospital ward, to the comi-tragedy of trying to decipher his father's muddled riddles as his speech disintegrates, to painful moments of regret and self-loathing as he squanders precious time.
Don't Put Yourself on Toast is a bittersweet coming-of-age memoir which shows how the power of humour and laughter can provide, even in our darkest moments, sustenance, comfort and hope.
"A startling debut... This book will make you want to hold everyone you love close, reminding you that life may be fleeting but the people in it never are." PICKED FOR ESQUIRE MAGAZINE'S BEST BOOKS OF 2022
Best Books of 2022 - Picked by Readers - FINANCIAL TIMES
When Freddy was 21 years old, his dad, a larger-than-life, successful TV producer, was diagnosed with glioblastoma, a particularly aggressive type of brain cancer.
In vivid snapshots, Freddy recalls the ups and downs of an impossible time - from the entertaining antics of a wine-gum tossing competition in a hospital ward, to the comi-tragedy of trying to decipher his father's muddled riddles as his speech disintegrates, to painful moments of regret and self-loathing as he squanders precious time.
Don't Put Yourself on Toast is a bittersweet coming-of-age memoir which shows how the power of humour and laughter can provide, even in our darkest moments, sustenance, comfort and hope.
Freddy Taylor was brought up next to the ugly white roundabout in Wandsworth, London. Now 32, he lives in Stockwell and works as a creative director at an advertising agency. This is his first book.
| Erscheinungsdatum | 14.04.2022 |
|---|---|
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 138 x 202 mm |
| Gewicht | 260 g |
| Themenwelt | Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte |
| Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie ► Psychologie | |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Trennung / Trauer | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-78072-527-2 / 1780725272 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-78072-527-7 / 9781780725277 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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