This Ragged Grace

A Memoir of Remembering and Forgetting

Octavia Bright

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English

Canongate Books
03 December 2024

Memoirs; Addiction & therapy; Coping with illness

A WATERSTONES BEST BOOK OF 2023: BIOGRAPHY

This Ragged Grace tells the story of Octavia's journey through recovery from alcohol addiction, and the parallel story of her father's descent into Alzheimer's. Over the course of seven years life continues to unfold. Paths are abandoned, people fall ill, waters get choppy, seemingly impossible things are navigated without the old fixes.

As Octavia moves between London, Stromboli, New York, Cornwall and Margate, each place offers something new but ultimately always delivers the same message: that wherever you go, you take yourself with you.

By: Octavia Bright
Imprint: Canongate Books
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: Main
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 129mm, Spine: 15mm
Weight: 180g
ISBN: 9781838857493
ISBN 10: 1838857494
Pages: 256
Publication Date: 03 December 2024
Audience: General/trade , College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , ELT Advanced , Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Octavia Bright is a writer, presenter and broadcaster. She co-hosted Literary Friction, the literary podcast and NTS Radio show, with Carrie Plitt. She presents programmes for BBC R4 including World Book CafÃ© and Open Book, and hosts literary events for bookshops, publishers and festivals - such as Cheltenham Literature Festival and events for The Southbank Centre. Her writing has been published in many places, including the White Review, Harper's Bazaar, ELLE, Wasafiri, Stylist, Guardian and the Sunday Times. She has a PhD from UCL where she wrote about hysteria and desire in Spanish cinema. @octaviabright_ | octavia.bright

Reviews for This Ragged Grace: A Memoir of Remembering and Forgetting

'An intimate, raw, empathetic story of loss, recovery, love and human fragility. This Ragged Grace is a beautifully written and intricately observed masterpiece of a memoir' - DOLLY ALDERTON 'An extraordinary, electrifying book about loss, chaos, addiction and death, and the wild work of staying tender in the face of it' - OLIVIA LAING 'The intelligence of the writing is a kind of grace in itself - light and deep and beautiful' - DEBORAH LEVY 'A beautifully written and intellectual account of a woman coming to terms with herself . . . Heartbreakingly tender . . . Her sensitivity to the world is what makes the writing so beautiful and, ultimately, hopeful. Death hovers on every page and yet this book is full of life' - The Times 'This Ragged Grace is smart and tender, and honest in that raw way that gets you at the back of your throat. It is slowly revealing of the world, and an avalanche of feeling, all at the same time. A towering act of grace, in fact' - EMILIE PINE '' -