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This Ragged Grace

A Memoir of Recovery and Renewal

Octavia Bright

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A WATERSTONES BEST BOOK OF 2023: BIOGRAPHY

This Ragged Grace
tells the story of Octavia's journey through recovery from alcohol addiction, and the parallel story of her father's descent into Alzheimer's. Looking back over this time, each of the seven chapters explores the feelings and experiences of the corresponding year of her recovery, tracing the shift in emotion and understanding that comes with the deepening connection to this new way of life. Over the course of this seven-year period, life continues to unfold. Paths are abandoned, people fall ill, waters get choppy, seemingly impossible things are navigated without the old fixes.

As Octavia moves between London, the island of Stromboli, New York, Cornwall and Margate, each place offers something new but ultimately always delivers the same message: that wherever you go, you take yourself with you.

Publisher: Canongate Books
Binding: Hardback
Publication date: 01 Jun 2023
Dimensions: 144 x 224 x 29 mm
ISBN: 9781838857462