Joshua in the Sky: A Blood Memoir (9781739207793)

Joshua in the Sky: A Blood Memoir (9781739207793)

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Joshua dies on his birthday.  
Joshua dies the day he is born.  
Joshua lives for three hours.  
Joshua is alive.

 

Rodge Glass’s nephew Joshua died the same day he was born, from a blood condition they both share.

 

Joshua in the Sky charts the five years around Joshua’s life and death as Rodge attempts to make sense of this loss.

 

A family memoir and a memorial to a short life, it asks the questions: Whose life deserved to be remembered? And how?

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‘A work of great tenderness and originality’ – Malachy Tallack, author of Illuminated by Water & The Un-Discovered Islands

‘It found me in pieces then gently wove me back together again’ – Helen Sedgwick, author of The Growing Season

‘A truly remarkable piece of writing’ – Gavin Esler

‘Rodge Glass’s narrative voice is impressive – he never flinches from the tough stuff, yet remains supremely readable and joyful’ – Sara Sheridan, author of Where Are the Women? and The Fair Botanists

‘Stands testament to the healing power of stories and offers up its raw and bloodied everything with unguarded vulnerability’ – Michael Pedersen, author of Boy Friends

All author profits from Joshua in the Sky will be donated to Cure HHT or to the UCLH Baby Fetal Unit that cared for Joshua.

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