Twitch: My life with Parkinson's

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Remarkably honest, brutally heroic and darkly humorous memoir following a devastating diagnosis of early onset Parkinson's disease.

Twitch is a frank and funny memoir about picking up the pieces when personal tragedy hits. In 2021, Irish Examiner columnist, stylist, author and podcaster Annmarie O'Connor was diagnosed with early-onset Parkinson's disease, an incurable neurodegenerative condition broadly affecting movement and mental health. Though she is no longer working as a stylist as part of her career due to Parkinson's complications, Twitch outlines her journey from a life-altering diagnosis to becoming an activist and agent of change.

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'Candid and compelling, you will not want to put this memoir down. Warm and funny, even in the darkest moments of her illness, Annmarie O'Connor's writing blazes onto the page with life and hope' -- Emilie Pine * author of Notes to Self *
'Moving and insightful' -- Rosanna Davison

Author Bio

Annmarie O'Connor is a bestselling author and fashion editor. In December 2021, she was diagnosed with early-onset Parkinson's disease - a progressive, degenerative brain disorder with no cure, broadly affecting movement and mental health. Brought up in the United States, she now lives in Cork and is a regular columnist with the Irish Examiner.