Some Body to Love

A Family Story

Some Body to Love
Alexandra Heminsley
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Paperback
h198 x 129mm - 256pg
24 Mar 2022 UK
International import eta 7-19 days
9781529111460
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' A treatise on empathy and grace in extraordinary circumstances' Jojo Moyes' Today I sat on a bench facing the sea, the one where I waited for L to be born, and sobbed my heart out. I don' t know if I' ll ever recover. ' This note was written on 9 November 2017. As the seagulls squawked overhead and the sun dipped into the sea, Alexandra Heminsley' s world was turning inside out. She' d just been told her then-husband was going to transition. The revelation threatened to shatter their brand new, still fragile, family. But this vertiginous moment represented only the latest in a series of events that had left Alex feeling more and more dissociated from her own body, turning her into a seemingly unreliable narrator of her own reality. Some Body to Love is Alex' s profoundly open-hearted memoir about losing her husband but gaining a best friend, and together bringing up a baby in a changing world. Its exploration of what it means to have a human body, to feel connected or severed from it, and how we might learn to accept our own, makes it a vital and inspiring contribution to some of the most complex and heated conversations of our times. ' Insightful and wise, generous and kind' David Nicholls
A brave, thoughtful and timely book -- calming and inspiring on our different relationships with our bodies, and vitally compassionate on trans rights -- Naomi Alderman Insightful and wise, generous and kind -- David Nicholls A treatise on empathy and grace in extraordinary circumstances -- Jojo Moyes It took my breath away . . . It' s such a beautiful book, so full of compassion and kindness even in its furious honesty . . . You are going to love it * Bryony Gordon * A book about how a personal crisis caused someone to open up rather than shut down . . . really admirable and carefully done . . . on bodies, families, gender identity, bravery -- Amy Liptrot This memoir is going to change a lot of people' s lives, and I think it' s going to change the conversation -- Damian Barr * Big Scottish Book Club * Wise, kind, funny, sad and beautifully written. Everyone who occupies a human body should read it -- Erin Kelly The most moving and real account of a person' s relationship with their body I have ever read. . . A book with a wild, deep, joyous, tender love of people at its heart -- Emma Jane Unsworth Fabulous . . . Sensitively and cleverly written . . . remarkable -- Judy Murray A much needed clarion call for greater empathy, compassion and respect for humanity -- Daisy Buchanan Alexandra Heminsley understands what it is to be a woman in a world that judges us, our bodies, and the experience of these bodies, in every way and at all times. . . Charting her journey to her own body through loss, heartache and trauma, alongside love, friendship and hope, she suggests that each of us might find our own way to embody our deepest truths, and that we might do so with generosity to others on their own journey -- Stella Duffy A raw, heartbreaking, uplifting memoir about reinvention, being a woman and love in all its forms. An important book, beautifully written -- Kate Davies, author of In at the Deep End A gorgeous open-hearted read but also a vital, instructive one -- Caroline Sanderson * Bookseller *
Alexandra Heminsley is an author, ghostwriter, journalist, broadcaster and speaker particularly known for encouraging women to enjoy sport and fitness. Her bestselling books include Running Like a Girl and Leap In. She lives in Hove with her son, and proudly co-parents her LGBT+ family.
Status: Indent title, imported to order
ISBN-13: 9781529111460
Published: 24 Mar 2022
Published In: United Kingdom
Imprint: Vintage
Publisher: Vintage Publishing
Format: Paperback
Height: 198mm
Width: 129mm
Spine: 15mm
Weight: 200g
Pages: 256

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