3. Treading Water
In Abi Morgan's powerful memoir Jacob's hospital treatment continues. As the months pass, his absence from family life is felt keenly by Abi and the chidlren. Nicola Walker reads.
From the BAFTA award-winning screenwriter Abi Morgan comes her memoir. Jacob's hospital treatment continues. As the months pass, his absence from family life is felt keenly by Abi and the children. Nicola Walker is the reader.
Abi Morgan's screenwriting credits include The Split, The Hour, Suffragette and the Iron Lady, This is Not a Pity Memoir is her first book. It begins on an ordinary June day, with Abi getting through her seemingly endless to do list. When she gets home, the man she has loved and fought and laughed with for twenty years is collapsed on the bathroom floor. Nothing will ever be the same for Abi, Jacob and their two children. What follows is the story of how Abi and her family navigated the worst times. It鈥檚 honest, courageous funny, and hopeful. And it鈥檚 a tender love story. Sometimes the language is strong.
The reader is Nicola Walker. Her credits for TV include Abi Morgan's, The Split; Unforgotten, Last Tango in Halifax, Spooks, and for theatre, The Corn is Green, The Cane, A View From the Bridge. Credits for radio include Annika Stranded & The Hotel.
Abridged by Katrin Williams
Produced by Elizabeth Allard.
