Not that kind of love /
by Wise, Clare; Wise, Greg.
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BookPublisher: London : Quercus, 2018Description: 313 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm.ISBN: 9781786488459 (hbk.) :; 1786488450 (hbk.) :.Classification number: 920 WISSubject(s): Wise, Clare | Cancer -- Patients -- Biography | Biography | BiographySummary: A moving, thought-provoking and surprisingly humorous book which is both a description of a journey to death and a celebration of the act of living. Based on Clare Wise's blog, which she started when she was first diagnosed with cancer in 2013, 'Not That Kind of Love' charts the highs and lows of the last three years of Clare's life. The end result is not a book that fills you with despair and anguish. Clare is an astonishingly dynamic, witty and fun personality and, as she becomes too weak to type, her brother - the actor Greg Wise - takes over, and the book morphs into a beautiful meditation on life, and the necessity of talking about death.
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| Book - Adult Hardback | Southport Library | Adult Non-Fiction | 920 WIS (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 002952943X |
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A moving, thought-provoking and surprisingly humorous book which is both a description of a journey to death and a celebration of the act of living. Based on Clare Wise's blog, which she started when she was first diagnosed with cancer in 2013, 'Not That Kind of Love' charts the highs and lows of the last three years of Clare's life. The end result is not a book that fills you with despair and anguish. Clare is an astonishingly dynamic, witty and fun personality and, as she becomes too weak to type, her brother - the actor Greg Wise - takes over, and the book morphs into a beautiful meditation on life, and the necessity of talking about death.
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