Josie George

A Still Life - By Josie George

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A luminous, tender memoir about illness and disability, despair and resilience, pain and joy - and a manifesto on how to live.

But Josie's world is surprising, intricate, dynamic. She has learned what to look for- the complex patterns of ice on a frozen puddle; the routines of her friends at the community centre; the neighbourhood birds in flight; the slow changes in the morning light, in her small garden, in her growing son, in herself.
In January 2018, Josie sets out to tell the story of her still life, over the course of a year. As the seasons shift, and the tides of her body draw in and out, Josie begins to unfurl her history- her childhood bright with promise but shadowed by confinement; her painful adolescence and her hopeful coming of age; the struggle of her marriage, and the triumph of motherhood. And then a most unexpected thing happens in Josie's quiet present- she falls in love.

A Still Life is a story of illness and pain that rarely sees the light- illness and pain with no end or resolution; illness and pain that we must meet with courage, joy, ingenuity and hope. Against a world which values 'feel good' progress and productivity above all else, Josie sets out a quietly radical alternative- to value and treasure life for life itself, with all its defeats and victories, with all its great and small miracles.

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Format: Hardcover

Published: 2021

Category: Memoir

Pages: 176

Dimensions: 225 x 145mm

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SKU: 9781526611970 ISBN: 9781526611970
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