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Title details for The Man He Used To Be: Dementia and My Mad Dad by Robyn Hollingworth - Available

The Man He Used To Be: Dementia and My Mad Dad

by Robyn Hollingworth
Robyn Hollingworth
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Heartbreaking and darkly comic, these are the moments that litter the messy road from cared-for to carer, a journey that Robyn Hollingworth finds herself on when she's only twenty-five years old. Leaving London to return home to rural South Wales, Robyn finds that it's her old life - same teddy bears resting on her pillow, same view of the garages behind which she'd had her first cigarette and first kiss - but so much has changed. Her dad, the proud, charmingly intelligent, self-made man who made people laugh, is in the grip of early onset Alzheimer's. His brilliant mind, which saw him building power stations and literally bringing light into the lives of others, has succumbed to darkness. As Robyn settles back in the rhythms of life in the rain-soaked vast Welsh valleys, she keeps a diary charting her journey as the dad she knew disappears before her eyes. Lyrical, poignant and with flashes of brilliant humour, this book explores how in helping others we can heal ourselves.
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Publisher: Orion Edition: Unabridged

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  • File size: 165488 KB
  • Release date: October 26, 2018
  • Duration: 05:44:45

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  • File size: 165511 KB
  • Release date: October 26, 2018
  • Duration: 05:45:48
  • Number of parts: 5

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Biography & Autobiography Nonfiction

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English

Heartbreaking and darkly comic, these are the moments that litter the messy road from cared-for to carer, a journey that Robyn Hollingworth finds herself on when she's only twenty-five years old. Leaving London to return home to rural South Wales, Robyn finds that it's her old life - same teddy bears resting on her pillow, same view of the garages behind which she'd had her first cigarette and first kiss - but so much has changed. Her dad, the proud, charmingly intelligent, self-made man who made people laugh, is in the grip of early onset Alzheimer's. His brilliant mind, which saw him building power stations and literally bringing light into the lives of others, has succumbed to darkness. As Robyn settles back in the rhythms of life in the rain-soaked vast Welsh valleys, she keeps a diary charting her journey as the dad she knew disappears before her eyes. Lyrical, poignant and with flashes of brilliant humour, this book explores how in helping others we can heal ourselves.
Expand title description text
Biography & Autobiography Nonfiction