Simon Fitzmaurice

An international bestselling memoir about an Irishman who chose to live life to the fullest after his diagnosis of ALS.

In 2008, Simon Fitzmaurice was diagnosed with Lou Gehrig’s disease. He was given four years to live. In 2010, in a state of lung-function collapse, Simon knew with crystal clarity he was not ready to die. Against all prevailing medical opinion, he chose life. Despite the loss of almost all motor function, thanks