John Davidson
I Swear : My Life with Tourette's Hardback Book
The funny and moving autobiography offering extraordinary insight into what it is like to live with a severe form of Tourettes Syndrome. From the awardwinning Scottish campaigner. NOW A MAJOR FILM STARRING ROBERT ARAMAYO AND MAXINE PEAKE.An astonishing tale about an amazing man. JOJO MOYES, author of Me Before You and Someone Elses ShoesFunny and heartfelt ... this skilfully told tale deserves praise for how it lets us nonsweary people see inside the ordinary, albeit anxious, mind of someone with Tourette syndrome. THE TIMESBorn in the 1970s on the Scottish Borders, Johns was ten when his tics first arrived, as if from nowhere. Previously a happy, popular, footballmad boy he was labelled disruptive, rude, and even mad. As his condition progressed, from blinks and jerks to involuntary rude and obscene shouting, John was bullied, rejected alienated from his family and a society that had no idea what to make of him.Hospitalized and drugged for months, it was only an extraordinary and transformative friendship, and Johns dogged optimism, that turned his life around, making I Swear an inspirational story of triumph over adversity.Through Johns eyes, we see Tourettes not just as a medical condition, but as a lens through which we can all better understand the importance of human connection. And how essential, as well as ultimately rewarding, it can be to keep going and never give up.This superb book is an engaging and fascinating account of what its like to live with...
Binding: Hardback;320 pages; Publisher: TBS-Penguin Random House Wholesale; Classification: BGTA; Weight: 542 g; Dimensions: 223 x 147 x 29
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The funny and moving autobiography offering extraordinary insight into what it is like to live with a severe form of Tourettes Syndrome. From the awardwinning Scottish campaigner. NOW A MAJOR FILM STARRING ROBERT ARAMAYO AND MAXINE PEAKE.An astonishing tale about an amazing man. JOJO MOYES, author of Me Before You and Someone Elses ShoesFunny and heartfelt ... this skilfully told tale deserves praise for how it lets us nonsweary people see inside the ordinary, albeit anxious, mind of someone with Tourette syndrome. THE TIMESBorn in the 1970s on the Scottish Borders, Johns was ten when his tics first arrived, as if from nowhere. Previously a happy, popular, footballmad boy he was labelled disruptive, rude, and even mad. As his condition progressed, from blinks and jerks to involuntary rude and obscene shouting, John was bullied, rejected alienated from his family and a society that had no idea what to make of him.Hospitalized and drugged for months, it was only an extraordinary and transformative friendship, and Johns dogged optimism, that turned his life around, making I Swear an inspirational story of triumph over adversity.Through Johns eyes, we see Tourettes not just as a medical condition, but as a lens through which we can all better understand the importance of human connection. And how essential, as well as ultimately rewarding, it can be to keep going and never give up.This superb book is an engaging and fascinating account of what its like to live with...
Binding: Hardback;320 pages; Publisher: TBS-Penguin Random House Wholesale; Classification: BGTA; Weight: 542 g; Dimensions: 223 x 147 x 29
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Items of footwear and/or clothing must be unworn and unwashed with the original labels attached. Also, footwear must be tried on indoors. Items of homeware including bedlinen, mattresses, and toppers, and pillows must be unused and in their original unopened packaging. This does not affect your statutory rights.
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