This is Not a Pity Memoir

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This is Not a Pity Memoir by Abi Morgan: When Abi Met Jacob

This is Not a Pity Memoir by Abi Morgan

When Abi Met Jacob

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Jacob is in hospital. Abi waits for his diagnosis & looks back to the first time they met.

At the hospital, Abi anxiously waits to find out what is wrong with Jacob. While waiting she looks back to the first time they met when her heart went ping. Nicola Walker reads.

From the BAFTA award-winning screenwriter, Abi Morgan, comes her powerful memoir. Jacob the man she has loved and fought and laughed with for twenty years is hospital after collapsing on the bathroom floor.  Something is wrong, but the doctors don’t know what.  As Abi waits for a diagnosis she looks back twenty years, to the first time she met Jacob, and her heart went ping. The reader is Nicola Walker.  

Abi Morgan's screenwriting credits include The Split, The Hour, Suffragette and the Iron Lady.  This is Not a Pity Memoir is her first book. I begins on an ordinary June day, with Abi getting through her seemingly endless to do list. When she gets home, Jacob is not at all well. Nothing will ever be the same for him, Abi and their two children.  What follows is the story of how Abi and her family navigated the worst times. It’s honest, courageous funny, and hopeful. And it’s a tender love story. Told with honesty, courage and humour, the language is sometimes strong.

The reader is Nicola Walker. Her credits for TV include Abi Morgan's, The Split; Unforgotten, Last Tango in Halifax, Spooks, and for theatre, The Corn is Green, The Cane, A View From the Bridge. Credits for radio include Annika Stranded & The Hotel.

Abridged by Katrin Williams
Produced by Elizabeth Allard.

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Abi Morgan's powerful memoir about how life can change in an instant.

Abi Morgan's powerful memoir about how life can change in an instant. Read by Nicola Walker.

From Abi Morgan, the BAFTA award-winning screenwriter, comes her memoir. There are flickers of hope as both Abi and Jacob continue to recover. It's time for a party. The reader is Nicola Walker. Abi Morgan's screenwriting credits include The Split, The Hour, Suffragette and the Iron Lady. It begins on an ordinary June day, with Abi getting through her seemingly endless to do list. When she gets home, the man she has loved and fought and laughed with for twenty years is collapsed on the bathroom floor. Nothing will ever be the same for Abi, Jacob and their two children. What follows is the story of how Abi and her family navigated the worst times. It's honest, courageous funny, and hopeful. And it's a tender love story. The reader is Nicola Walker. Her credits for TV include Abi Morgan's, The Split; Unforgotten, Last Tango in Halifax and Spooks. Abridged by Katrin Williams Produced by Elizabeth Allard.

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