EAN: 9781804997703

Bilder-Quelle: averdo

The funny and moving autobiography offering extraordinary insight into what it is like to live with a severe form of Tourette's Syndrome. From the award-winning Scottish campaigner. NOW A MAJOR FILM STARRING ROBERT ARAMAYO AND MAXINE PEAKE. 'An astonishing tale about an amazing man.' - JOJO MOYES author of Me Before You and Someone Else's Shoes 'Funny and heartfelt ... this skilfully told tale deserves praise for how it lets us non-sweary people see inside the ordinary albeit anxious mind of someone with Tourette syndrome.' THE TIMES Born in the 1970s on the Scottish Borders John's was ten when his tics first arrived as if from nowhere. Previously a happy popular football-mad boy he was labelled disruptive rude and even mad. As his condition progressed from blinks and jerks to involuntary rude and obscene shouting John was bullied rejected - alienated from his family and a society that had no idea what to make of him. Hospitalized and drugged for months it was only an extraordinary and transformative friendship and John's dogged optimism that turned his life around making I Swear an inspirational story of triumph over adversity. Through John's eyes we see Tourette's not just as a medical condition but as a lens through which we can all better understand the importance of human connection. And how essential as well as ultimately rewarding it can be to keep going and never give up. 'This superb book is an engaging and fascinating account of what it's like to live with Tourette's.' DAILY MAIL 'Brave shocking funny and moving ... This is a really important book.'

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