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4.34 AVERAGE
4.34 AVERAGE
emotional
funny
inspiring
sad
medium-paced
Content Warnings
Graphic: Addiction, Eating disorder
emotional
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
Content Warnings
Graphic: Suicidal thoughts
Moderate: Eating disorder
Definitely not your average 'Celeb Biography' - an honest, raw account, where the most interesting sections have nothing whatsoever to do with acting.
As you read this book you can hear the Salford accent of Eccleston pouring out, as well as and incredible intellect and a vocabulary so expansive that a couple times I cracked out Dictionary.com to make sure I knew what the word was. Something I well enjoyed.
This book charts a father son relations, a career, and the unfurling awareness of self of the author. Within it's pages you meet two men of deep feeling but whose background, with its concomitant class, and social expectations saught to keep locked down. The damage this produced in either man is clear to see. Both suffering from periods of mental ill health.
Its also The story of one man's rise out of the ill health, as well as a son's exploration of his father's life, of his own, of the ties that bind us together and the difference that different times and socially accepted norms have benefited (or previously hindered) us.
This is a book I greedily read in 2 sittings, (which at 400 pages, and I being dyslexic, says much), but the direct, honest and frank style of writing lends itself to an ease of reading, even when the subject matter is hard.
At the end of the day, Eccleston comes out as a man who I personally would share a pint (or a coffee) with, could learn a great deal and would definitely give a bloody great hug too. His strength is breathtaking and I have a great deal of admiration and respect for the man.
This book charts a father son relations, a career, and the unfurling awareness of self of the author. Within it's pages you meet two men of deep feeling but whose background, with its concomitant class, and social expectations saught to keep locked down. The damage this produced in either man is clear to see. Both suffering from periods of mental ill health.
Its also The story of one man's rise out of the ill health, as well as a son's exploration of his father's life, of his own, of the ties that bind us together and the difference that different times and socially accepted norms have benefited (or previously hindered) us.
This is a book I greedily read in 2 sittings, (which at 400 pages, and I being dyslexic, says much), but the direct, honest and frank style of writing lends itself to an ease of reading, even when the subject matter is hard.
At the end of the day, Eccleston comes out as a man who I personally would share a pint (or a coffee) with, could learn a great deal and would definitely give a bloody great hug too. His strength is breathtaking and I have a great deal of admiration and respect for the man.