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Matchstick man: the story of a relationship

By Kelly , Julia

Book information

Publisher
Head of Zeus
Year
2018
ISBN
9781788540148, 9781788544665, 9781788540131, 178854014X, 1788544668
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
3 MB (2951228 bytes)
Pages
282 pages ; 22 cm\0
Time added
2020-07-26 19:24:52
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Description

An unforgettable account of living with Alzheimer's Disease by the partner of a brilliant artist whose mind is collapsing. Julia Kelly met a charismatic and successful artist, Charlie Whisker, while she was working on her first novel. He was twenty years older than her. Their relationship was passionate and extraordinary; each of them inspired the other. Their friends were writers, artists and rock stars; they lived a glamorous life of exhibitions, parties and concerts. They became parents to a daughter they adored. But Charlie suddenly changed, becoming hopelessly forgetful, angry and confused. This is an unbearably honest, unsentimental and heartbreaking description of a brilliant man's mental disintegration and its effects on his family. Charlie's disturbing behaviour is described in a series of terrible, understated revelations.

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