It's not yet dark
Subtitle: a memoir
By: Simon Fitzmaurice
Edition: First U.S. edition.
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 165
ISBN-13: 9781328916716
Subjects: Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Health
Other titles: It is not yet dark :
Description: In 2008, Simon Fitzmaurice was diagnosed with ALS, or Lou Gehrig's disease. He was given four years to live. In 2010, in a state of lung-function collapse, Simon knew with crystal clarity that now was not his time to die. Against all prevailing medical opinion, he chose to ventilate in order to stay alive.
Notes: Subtitle from dust jacket.

"First published in Ireland in 2014 by Hachette Books, Ireland."--Title-page verso.
Table of contents: title: The brave; title: Holding my breath; title: Baggot Street Bridge; title: Empire State Building; title: I say his name; title: North Cottage; title: Sundance; title: Pain; title: Running; title: He tells me; title: The hopeful and the desperate; title: Arden; title: Sunshine in our lives; title: Pizza; title: Time to leave; title: Fear; title: My country; title: A life; title: Christmas; title: This day; title: What is man; title: The tree; title: Four pieces of paper; title: White bicycles; title: Winter in Berlin; title: Drama; title: The biggest, thickest, heaviest dictionary; title: Cold from the fridge; title: Gecko; title: I'm still man; title: It's not yet dark; title: The darkness.