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Book SynopsisThis book tells the story of two people, born in poverty, who found each other and married in a world at war. The husband developed Huntington's disease. This is the story of their marriage and how love and faith gave them a sense of purpose.
Trade Review`The quiet courage of a family in dire adversity could not be better demonstrated – John Symons describes the tragedies that struck at the heart of a poor but devoted family. Humanity and the valour of the human spirit shine from every page.’ This England // `Utterly compelling. A portrayal of how this cruel disease affects a family and the courage of their response; deeply moving and profound in its sensitivity, placing the story ... in the wider theological context of how to make sense of human suffering.’ Rachel Brookes, Nursing Sister, who has cared for Huntington’s disease patients
Table of ContentsPreface - 1 Dad, 1953 - 2 Florence Louisa and William - 3 `On Chorea’ - 4 `One and All’ - 5 India - 6 `Floruit’ - 7 Commissioned - 8 Matchmaking - 9 Home Leave - 10 Interlude - 11 Dear Octopus - 12 `When you and I were seventeen’ - 13 `Tea at Gunters’ - 14 `The test of the heart is trouble’ - 15 Interlude - 16 Courtship and Marriage - 17 Home Thoughts from Abroad - 18 Making a Home - 19 `Huntington’s explains it all’ - 20 Number - 21 At Risk - 22 The Two of Them, Together - 23 Interlude - 24 No Way Out - 25 `I love you, my darling’ - 26 `… down to Oxford’s towers’ - 27 `Dearly loved husband, father and brother’ - 28 A New Life - 29 Windwhistle - 30 Neighbours and Friends - 31 A Pattern of Life - 32 Time Passes - 33 `Gone are the days…’ - 34 `What can’t be cured…’ - 35 `The best thing that ever happened to me…’ - 36 `A Ring of Faithfulness’ - 37 A Last Gift - 38 `Such sweet sorrow’ - 39 A Walk - Epilogue - Acknowledgements
