Driving South to Inverness: A Postscript to an Active Life - Couverture souple

Caldwell, Phoebe

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1911028316 ISBN 13 : 9781911028314

Editeur : Pavilion Publishing and Media Ltd, 2016

Synopsis

How does one take a lifetime's memories and possessions and make them fit new circumstances, but also hold on to an identity built up over decades?

Now in her eighties, after a lifetime of hard work helping people with profound communication difficulties as a result of autism or other learning disabilities, Phoebe Caldwell made the difficult decision to accept the inevitabilities of old age and leave the home she loved to move into sheltered accommodation. This decision and its consequences form the heart of this passionately written memoir.

In Driving South to Inverness Phoebe reflects on her past, her family history, and her childhood during the Blitz. She revisits falling in love with her husband and the realities of raising a large family. She offers evocative descriptions of the Yorkshire Dales that she has now made her home, and she shares her insights into life, faith, art and philosophy, the opportunities and failings of modernity, and her frustrations with her altered situation as she accepts the changes she faces.

From wayward plumbing to questions of theology, and from art and poetry to arguments with housing associations, Driving South to Inverness ranges poignantly and humorously from the sublime to the ridiculous.

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À propos de l?auteur

PHOEBE CALDWELL has pioneered the development of communication support for individuals on the autistic spectrum for over 40 years, opening up channels of communication and emotional engagement for thousands of individuals across the UK whose previous experience had been social and emotional isolation. Phoebe's way of working is distinctive in that it is rooted in respect for the identity of the individual as they are. Her contribution was recognised with the Times/Sternberg Award, which celebrates the achievements of people aged 70 or over who have done most for society in their older age. Internationally, Phoebe collaborates with a range of professionals from countries including Denmark, the Netherlands, Russia, Australia and Canada. She is the author of a number of books including Listening with All Our Senses and The Anger Box.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Pavilion Publishing and Media Ltd
• Date d'édition: 2016
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1911028316
• ISBN 13: 9781911028314
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 177
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible