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This ragged grace

£10.99

Everybody needs a little oblivion. Besides, what is the fantasy of the knight on a white charger if not an abandonment wish? A desire to be rescued from your own life by a story. But if addiction is rooted in the will to forget, recovery is an act of remembering – a slow reconnection with the parts of yourself that slipped out of reach while you hungered for escape. ‘This Ragged Grace’ tells the story of Octavia Bright’s journey through recovery from alcohol addiction, and the parallel story of her father’s descent into Alzheimer’s. Looking back over this time, each of the seven chapters explores the feelings and experiences of the corresponding year of her recovery, tracing the shift in emotion and understanding that comes with the deepening connection to this new way of life.

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A WATERSTONES BEST BOOK OF 2023: BIOGRAPHY

This Ragged Grace
tells the story of Octavia’s journey through recovery from alcohol addiction, and the parallel story of her father’s descent into Alzheimer’s. Over the course of seven years life continues to unfold. Paths are abandoned, people fall ill, waters get choppy, seemingly impossible things are navigated without the old fixes.

As Octavia moves between London, Stromboli, New York, Cornwall and Margate, each place offers something new but ultimately always delivers the same message: that wherever you go, you take yourself with you.

Additional information

Weight 0.18 kg
Dimensions 19.6 × 13 × 1.6 cm
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Publisher

Imprint

Cover

Paperback

Pages

256

Language

English

Edition
Dewey

362.292092 (edition:23)

Readership

General – Trade / Code: K

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