John Diamond (1) (1953–2001)
Autore di C: Because Cowards Get Cancer Too...
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Sull'Autore
Fonte dell'immagine: Cropped scan of front cover of the Vintage Original, Snake Oil and other Preoccupations.
Opere di John Diamond
Etichette
Informazioni generali
- Data di nascita
- 1953-05-10
- Data di morte
- 2001-03-02
- Sesso
- male
- Nazionalità
- Anglaterra
- Luogo di nascita
- Hackney, London, England, UK
- Luogo di morte
- Westminster, London, England, UK
- Luogo di residenza
- Hackney, London, England, UK
Woodford Green, London, England, UK - Istruzione
- City of London School, London, England, UK
Trent Park College of Education - Attività lavorative
- locutor
Periodista - Relazioni
- Lawson, Nigella (wife)
- Organizzazioni
- The Sunday Times
The Daily Mirror - Premi e riconoscimenti
- HealthWatch Award (2000)
Utenti
Recensioni
Premi e riconoscimenti
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Statistiche
- Opere
- 2
- Utenti
- 363
- Popolarità
- #66,173
- Voto
- 3.9
- Recensioni
- 10
- ISBN
- 77
- Lingue
- 5
- Preferito da
- 1
The book repeats itself a lot and is full of unrelated and uninteresting stuff, we hear very little about the children for example but too much about some friends, and none of that helps us really get to know Diamond better, we end the book knowing so little about his life before cancer. Its just a lot of whining.
I do feel I need to explain a bit more, of course this is Diamond's story and I can't criticize what he felt, it was what it was, and I know that dealing with illness (though I never had cancer but I was close to dying) is tiresome, depressing, you feel so hopeless, but there are also moments of light, when you need to stand up and keep going, create new hope again and again, and through the book it just felt like he had given up the moment they told him he had cancer.
When you are desperate you try anything, all that stupid homeopathic shit, why not give it a try? The alternative therapies didn't do shit for me but I'll be damned if I didn't try it, that's what you do.
I hate to think that after reading this book some people that have never been through illness will think this is how it goes, it doesn't, I'm sorry that Diamond couldn't find the strength and it's true that willpower alone won't cure anything but giving up won't either.
Don't be swayed by his "rationality", pessimism isn't rational.… (altro)