Screen LibraryThe last act of love : the story of my brother and his sister /
In the summer of 1990 - two weeks before his GCSE results, which turned out to be the best in his school - Cathy Rentzenbrink's brother Matty was knocked down by a car on the way home from a night out, suffering serious head injuries. He was left in a permanent vegetative state. Over the follow...
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Picador,
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| Publisher Address: | London : |
| Publication Dates: |
2016. ©2015 |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Edition: | Paperback edition. |
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| Summary: |
In the summer of 1990 - two weeks before his GCSE results, which turned out to be the best in his school - Cathy Rentzenbrink's brother Matty was knocked down by a car on the way home from a night out, suffering serious head injuries. He was left in a permanent vegetative state. Over the following years, Cathy and her parents took care of Matty - they built an extension onto the village pub where they lived and worked; they talked to him, fed him, bathed him, loved him. But there came a point at which it seemed the best thing they could do for Matty - and for themselves - was let him go. With unflinching honesty and raw emotional power, Cathy describes the unimaginable pain of losing her brother and the decision that changed her family's lives forever. |
| Item Description: | Previous edition: 2015. |
| Carrier Form: | 248 pages ; 20 cm |
| ISBN: |
9781447286394 (paperback) : 1447286391 (paperback) |
| Index Number: | RB150 |
| CLC: | K835.618.9 |
| Call Number: | K835.618.9/R422 |