Mother: A Memoir by Nicholas Royle (PDF)

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A tender and graceful study of parents and children, and a finely judged and measured attempt to capture the flitting, quicksilver shapes of what we keep and what we lose: the touch, the tone, the gaze of the past as it fades. It is a moving and beautifully achieved memoir, and a testament to the writer’s skill and generosity of spirit.’ —Hilary MantelBefore the devastating ‘loss of her marbles’, Mrs Royle, a nurse by profession, is a marvellously no-nonsense character, an autodidact who reads widely and voraciously, swears at her fox-hunting neighbours, and instils in the young Nick a love of literature and of wildlife that will form his character and his career.In this touching, funny and beautifully written portrait of family life, mother-son relationships and bereavement, Nicholas Royle captures the spirit of post-war parenting as well as of his mother, whose dementia and death were triggered by the tragedy of losing her other son—Royle’s younger brother—to cancer in his twenties.At once poetic and philosophical, this extraordinary memoir is also a powerful reflection on climate crisis and ‘mother nature’, on literature and life writing, on human and non-human animals, and on the links between the maternal and memory itself.

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⭐As others have commented, this book is much more than the title suggests it will be. As you might expect from the author, it is, for example, enriched with interesting thought on the english language, words and their meaning. The very word memoir is under scrutiny. Written with humour and much bravery, it is a book about loss and how people deal with bereavement. Importantly, how a mother lives on after the loss of a child. I think it might help someone who has suffered the loss of someone before their time and is trying to make sense of it all. For me, what I loved about it was the way it prompted memories of my own mother and made me see them in a new light. I recommend this book. I guarantee it will make you laugh and cry in equal measure.

⭐When I read a memoir, I expect to hear mainly incident and occasion; not the questions posed or the conjectures that abound in this book. It’s not just about his mother: his father and his brother figure largely. As, indeed, does the author himself. I really wonder if he’s striving a little too hard for literary effect and, perhaps, forgetting what he set out to do. If this is meant to be an apologia, then call it that.

⭐This is a wonderfully written memoir. I recommend it wholeheartedly. It is honest about the mourning process of a beloved mother, the frailties of age, the never ending process of maturity and the unendurable loss of a brother

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