Matchstick Man: The Story of a Relationship

by Julia Kelly

Book Overview

An unforgettable account of living with Alzheimer's Disease by the partner of a brilliant artist whose mind is collapsing. Julia Kelly met a charismatic and successful artist, Charlie Whisker, while she was working on her first novel. He was 20 years older than her. Their relationship was passionate and extraordinary; each of them inspired the other. Their friends were writers, artists and rock stars; they lived a glamorous life of exhibitions, parties and concerts. They became parents to a daughter they adored. But Charlie suddenly changed, becoming hopelessly forgetful, angry and confused. This is an unbearably honest, unsentimental and heartbreaking description of a brilliant man's mental disintegration and its effects on his family. Charlie's disturbing behavior is described in a series of terrible, understated revelations. An unforgettable telling of a story that will be familiar to many thousands of people in the UK and Ireland.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 178854014X
• ISBN13: 9781788540148
• Release Date: August 2018
• Publisher: Head of Zeus
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.88 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.3" x 8.3"