Thirty days : a journey to the end of love
Baker, Mark Raphael, 1959-2017
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Thirty Days is a portrait of grief, of a marriage and of a family. It is the moving memoir of Mark's wife of 32 years, Kerryn Baker, who died ten months after her diagnosis, aged 55, from stomach cancer. It is also a study in how we construct our own version of the past, after Mark discovers a cache of Kerryn's letters in the laundry cupboard and has to rethink their relationship. It is a book about memory and its uncertainties, as Mark sifts through photos and home movies, as his wife gets sicker, and his search for clues about their relationship grows more desperate. In her last days, Kerryn reveals her traumatic childhood to Mark for the first time. She emerges as the rock of the family, a brave and wise woman, clear-eyed about her treatment, focused on finding the path to a peaceful death. Paradoxically, her dying brings the couple back to the intensity of their first love.
Main title:
Thirty days : a journey to the end of love / Mark Raphael Baker.
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Imprint:
Melbourne : Text, 2017
Collation:
243 pages ; 25 cm.
ISBN:
97819254986779781925498653
Dewey class:
362.196994330092362.1969433
Language:
English
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BRN:
311413
More Information:
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brighton Library | Adult Non Fiction - Biography | 362.1969433 BAK | Available |