Ebook {Epub PDF} Let Go My Hand by Edward Docx

'Let Go My Hand' follows a family road trip to Dignitas, where their father (diagnosed with motor neurone disease) plans to undergo assisted suicide. Although the novel clearly deals with heavy issues, Doxc manages to enthuse a strange sense of humour into the procedure, often making you forget exactly where the father and his sons are travelling to/5. ‘A road trip to Dignitas sounds like a bleak premise for a novel. However, Docx’s story of a dysfunctional trio of sons driving their father across Europe to an assisted suicide appointment is as far from bleak as it gets Let Go My Hand is essential reading for everyone who’s .  · Let Go My Hand features a part-Russian narrator named Louis and his elder twin half-brothers, who drive across Europe to deal with the death of their father: the twist being that Dad isn’t Estimated Reading Time: 6 mins.

The Edinburgh Neurology Book Club recently read Edward Docx's novel 'Let Go My Hand'. Docx writes about one father's experiences with motor neurone disease (MND), taking us on a turbulent family journey as they make their way to Dignitas in Switzerland. Although fictional, we note Docx has drawn from real life experiences through his acknowledgement of patient/family meetings and. Let Go My Hand (Paperback) Edward Docx (author) ★ ★ ★ ★ ★. 1 Review Sign in to write a review. £ Paperback Pages / Published: 08/03/ In stock. Available. Let Go My Hand audiobook (Unabridged) By Edward Docx. Visual indication that the title is an audiobook. Listen to a Sample. Sign up to save your library. With an OverDrive account, you can save your favorite libraries for at-a-glance information about availability. Find out more about OverDrive accounts.

Edward Docx is a great writer, full stop. Any of his books are better than almost anything else you can read by contemporary writers. The subject of this novel is very sombre, but it is dealt with in depth, with compassion and humour. But he is simply a very, very good writer. His descriptive prose style is superb. Let Go My Hand by Edward Docx, Paperback (ISBN: ) 'A humane, humorous and ultimately extremely moving novel' Guardian 'A darkly comic, deeply moving and thoroughly modern father-son love story' Mail on Sunday. Let Go My Hand features a part-Russian narrator named Louis and his elder twin half-brothers, who drive across Europe to deal with the death of their father: the twist being that Dad isn’t.