My Year Off: Rediscovering Life After A Stroke

A Publishers Weekly Best Book Of 1998. To All Concerned, This Book Is Meant To Send A Ghostly Signal Across The Dark Universe Of Ill-health That Says 'you Are Not Alone.' - Robert Mccrum On July 29, 1995, Robert Mccrum, 42, Married Only Ten Weeks, Suffered A Paralyzing Stroke. Overnight, His Life Shifted Irrevocably. But This Admired Novelist And Former Editorial Director Of The London Publishing House Faber And Faber Decided To Chronicle What Became A Remarkable Journey Into That Mysterious, Unexplored Territory, The Neighbourly World Of The Unwell, As Well As A Deeply Moving Love Story.