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  • Published: 24 May 2018
  • ISBN: 9781473561564
  • Imprint: Ebury Digital
  • Format: Audio Download
  • Length: 5 hr 35 min
  • Narrator: David Rintoul
  • RRP: $18.99
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A Moment of Grace



A writer's unforgettable account of his wife's battle with leukaemia, exploring the nature of love, loss and what it means to survive extraordinary grief.

Random House presents the audiobook edition of A Moment of Grace by Patrick Dillon, read by David Rintoul.

How do you learn to live in the wake of death?

Patrick Dillon and Nicola Thorold were together for twenty-eight years. Patrick was an award-winning architect and writer and Nicola a leading figure in theatre, awarded an OBE for her contribution to the arts at London's Roundhouse. Their two children were almost grown-up. Life was good.

And then, in May 2015, Nicola was diagnosed with leukaemia. After several rounds of treatment, a bone marrow transplant and many waves of recovery and decline, she died thirteen months after her diagnosis. Six months later, at Christmas, Patrick started to write.

A Moment of Grace is the searing, tender account of Patrick's life with Nicola and her illness, and his life after her loss. But it is more than a story of illness and unbearable grief: it is a book of memory, of home, of family. It is a tale of the transfiguring power of love. Heartbreaking, life-affirming and truly unforgettable, A Moment of Grace is one man's journey to find life after his wife's death.

  • Published: 24 May 2018
  • ISBN: 9781473561564
  • Imprint: Ebury Digital
  • Format: Audio Download
  • Length: 5 hr 35 min
  • Narrator: David Rintoul
  • RRP: $18.99
Categories:

About the author

Patrick Dillon

Patrick Dillon's previous book, a history of the eighteenth century gin craze, was acclaimed for its combination of detailed research and vivid narrative. Born in London, he also runs a successful architectural practice specialising in historic buildings, most recently the Benjamin Franklin House. He is married with two children.