A reason for spending £4.99 this Christmas

A Reason for Living, by Nick Waterworth: a small book with a powerful punch.

 £4.99 (with free p & p); all proceeds donated to the charity, Hospice Care at Home.

When Ali from Carrotsmash agreed to help Nick write his memoir, she had no idea of the emotional journey she would be setting out on herself: by the time she wrote the final words for Nick, Ali was just as desperate to make his voice heard.

When he was twenty-two years old, Nick was a passenger in a car that swerved from the road and ploughed into a tree. The driver walked away unhurt, but Nick suffered serious injuries, including injuries to his brain. Twenty-six years later, he is still struggling to come to terms with the way one night in 1991 changed his life forever. His memoir is Nick’s story of before and after: his recollections from his earlier life and his fight back from his near-death experience. Through his book, Nick articulates the pain and difficulty in dealing with life-changing injuries; his frustration at the way others now perceive him.

Ali says, ‘Nick is a sweet and gentle man who is desperate to tell his story and help others understand his frustration at what happened to him all those years ago. The narrative voice is his - through this book, he articulates clearly his still raw grief at the loss of his former self.’

  

If you’d like a copy, simply email ali@carrotsmash.co.uk with your details and we’ll arrange it for you and let you know how you can pay. If you’d like to leave a comment on the Carrotsmash website, please feel free to do so.

A Reason for Living, by Nick Waterworth

At last - after all those meetings, all the work and all the waiting - Nick's book is published!

It began when Nick appeared in my writing workshop in York. He desperately wanted to tell his story of the car crash that had changed his life forever, but didn't know how to start... so he and I began work on his memoir. From the start it was a challenge - Nick has memory loss and brain injuries, so many of his earlier memories have been wiped. His mother, Pat came to the rescue by contributing to the project. And Nick didn't give up trying to articulate what had happened to him.

Nick's memoir is a small book - but it is authentic, and powerful. The narrative voices are his, and his mother's - together they express their pain and the struggle that life has now, at times, become. Above all, it is an honest story that reaches out to us all. Nick, you are a star. See you at the book launch - watch this space!

If you'd like a copy of Nick's book it costs £3.99 plus 50p postage. Simply email ali@carrotsmash.co.uk and we'll organise a copy for you.