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The memoir detailed Kureishi's experience after a spinalcord injury, describing his year in hospitals, his dependence on caregivers, and his determination to dictate the book to his son shortly after the accident.
His new memoir called Shattered begins in 2020 after a fall that injured his spinal cord, leaving him unable to move his arms or legs.
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Episode: How A Writer's Life Changed In A Second
The memoir detailed Kureishi's experience after a spinalcord injury, describing his year in hospitals, his dependence on caregivers, and his determination to dictate the book to his son shortly after the accident.
His new memoir called Shattered begins in 2020 after a fall that injured his spinal cord, leaving him unable to move his arms or legs.
He spent a year in hospitals before he was able to return home with roundtheclock caregivers. He started writing the memoir just days after the accident by dictating to one of his sons.
I'm really excited about my book, Shattered, coming out in the U.S., for instance.
I haven't published a book in the U.S. for a long time. So I want to read the reviews. I want to read the interviews. I want to find out how the book's doing.