{"product_id":"the-cut-that-wouldnt-heal-finding-my-father-hb","title":"William Leith: The Cut that Wouldn't Heal [2022] hardback","description":"\u003cb\u003e'Honest without oversharing, William Leith is such a perfect writer ... A triumph' Justin Webb\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'What might, in other hands, have been simply macabre becomes peculiarly mesmerising' Craig Brown, \u003ci\u003eThe Mail on Sunday\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTen seconds before my father's death, I have a premonition - that the breath he is taking will be his last.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt was only a graze caused by a dishwasher door, but the cut would not heal and infection took hold. Fifty days later, William Leith is standing by his father's bedside, watching him disappear.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWilliam is no stranger to his father disappearing; his childhood was marked by his father's absences, and as a consequence their relationship has always been a troubled one. Now, as his father is about to leave him for the last time, William reflects on the twists and turns of their shared history.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCompelling, incisive, and told with searing honesty, \u003ci\u003eThe Cut that Wouldn't Heal \u003c\/i\u003eis about family and grief, and the pain of abandonment. It is about the way we let our loved ones down and the things we cannot say. It is about the act of disappearing - but also about how we might be able to reach out and find each other again.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEloquent and moving, \u003ci\u003eThe Cut that Wouldn't Heal \u003c\/i\u003eis a heartbreaking account of one man's quest to find his father.","brand":"Leith, William","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":42802799116473,"sku":"9781526623782","price":22.1,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"Like New","offer_id":47124644430163,"sku":"XE81526623782","price":4.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/files\/leith-william-william-leith-the-cut-that-wouldn-t-heal-2022-hardback-52330282484051.jpg?v=1695731006","url":"https:\/\/keatsandchapman.info\/products\/the-cut-that-wouldnt-heal-finding-my-father-hb","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}