The enduring melody
By: Michael Mayne.
Publisher: Darton, Longman & Todd
Published: 2006
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 257
ISBN-13: 9780232526875
Subjects: Mayne, Michael.; Clergy -- Biography.; Cancer -- Patients -- Biography.
Genres: Biography.
Description: When he was in his fifties, Michael Mayne, formerly the vicar of Great St Mary's in Cambridge and Dean of Westminster Abbey, was cruelly afflicted with ME, but transformed personal adversity through his pen, writing (with Gerald Priestland) an account of his illness (A Year Lost and Found) that continues to be helpful to ME sufferers worldwide. Sadly, in the health lottery, Mayne seems to have drawn the short straw. In 2005, he was diagnosed with cancer of the jaw, and found himself overnight in what he calls 'cancer country', perhaps the most merciless terrain in the world.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.