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Letter to Louis: A Celebration of a Different Life

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Full Title:

Letter to Louis: A Celebration of a Different Life

Contributors:

By (Author) Alison White

ISBN:

9780571335640

Publisher:

Faber & Faber

Imprint:

Faber & Faber

Publication Date:

4th February 2019

UK Publication Date:

3rd January 2019

Edition:

Main

Country:

United Kingdom

Classifications

Readership:

General

Fiction/Non-fiction:

Non Fiction

Main Subject:
Other Subjects:

Coping with / advice about physical impairments / disability

Dewey:

362.198928360092

Physical Properties

Physical Format:

Paperback

Number of Pages:

352

Dimensions:

Width 129mm, Height 198mm, Spine 21mm

Weight:

278g

Description

This is a memoir about hope - hope in others, hope in systems, and hope for the future.

I've never quite known where to begin when someone asks me what I've been up to. I've never quite known how to explain what our daily life is like. I wanted to write how it is in order to give others a greater understanding of disability and caring. And to be totally honest, I wanted to write something that would make people consider being Louis's friend.

So here is me introducing you: Louis, this is your story. Readers, this is my son.

Author Bio

Alison White grew up in Sheffield, studied in Leeds and moved to Glasgow, where she set up her own landscape architecture business. In 1996 Alison's first child, Louis, was delivered by emergency caesarean section at thirty-two weeks' gestation. He suffered severe brain damage, and has cerebral palsy and learning difficulties.

In 2003 Alison left Scotland to live in remote South West Wales with her husband, Greg, and their three children, Louis, Natasha and Jack, where they still live today. There they built a house to meet Louis's needs and were able to allow their two younger children to run wild.

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