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Miles To Go Before I Sleep

Letters on Hope, Death and Learning to Live [Hardback]

by Claire Gilbert

This poignant memoir is both thought-provoking and encouraging

  • This diary by Claire is real and emotional

  • Join her as she faces desperate circumstances

  • Be inspired and draw hope from her remarkable words and insight

  • Author

    Claire Gilbert

  • Book Format

    Hardback

  • Publisher

    John Murray Press

  • Published

    March 2021

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    Product Description

    The diary of an incurable cancer diagnosis, and finding hope in the face of mortality.

    'Claire's honest, raw, authentic diaries will be a source of comfort to many'- Miranda Hart

    At the age of 54 Claire Gilbert was diagnosed with myeloma, an incurable cancer of the blood. The prognoses ranged from surviving only a few months to living for several decades, with no guarantee of which outcome was to be hers. It was a shocking diagnosis into uncertainty, or rather, into only one certainty: death. But Claire discovered that facing her own mortality was liberating.

    She discovered this through writing letters. Claire asked her siblings and a small group of friends if they would let her write to them with total honesty about what she was going through, as she was going through it. These letters turned out to be a great solace, and gradually her group of 'dear readers' has grown; what she had to say wasn't just of value to herself, but to others, too.

    The letters chart Claire's journey through diagnosis, chemotherapy and a brutal round of stem cell treatment, and end with the rest of the UK joining her in her immuno-compromised isolation in March 2020, when the coronavirus pandemic hit. Unflinchingly honest and wide-ranging, Claire writes about the restorative role of nature, politics, poetry, humour - and a restless exploration of the spiritual dimension of death and dying.

    This is an honest, luminous account of what Claire has gone through and what keeps her going, a deeply spiritual meditation on life and suffering, and an exploration of how faith is no simple solace but provides a whole new plane of meaning during these liminal moments.

    'Claire Gilbert's account of the progress of her fatal illness, from diagnosis through various traumatic treatments, is, in turn, candid, painful, funny, tender, fierce and philosophical. But most of all it is a marvellously enjoyable read depicting the human spirit at its finest: defiant, exuberant, joyous. An example to us all that we can triumph over the cruellest adversity'- Salley Vickers

    Specification

    • Author

      Claire Gilbert

    • Book Format

      Hardback

    • Publisher

      John Murray Press

    • Published

      March 2021

    • Weight

      400g

    • Page Count

      288

    • Dimensions

      144 x 220 x 30 mm

    • ISBN

      9781529359725

    • ISBN-10

      1529359724

    • Eden Code

      5291154

    More Information

    • Author/Creator: Claire Gilbert

    • ISBN: 9781529359725

    • Publisher: John Murray Press

    • Release Date: March 2021

    • Weight: 400g

    • Dimensions: 144 x 220 x 30 mm

    • Eden Code: 5291154


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