There's a Hole in my Bucket : : a Journey of two Brothers
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The beginning and the end -- There and back -- Across the water -- Not the end.
"Having grown up on their great-grandfather's stories, Royd Tolkien and his brother, Mike, have always enjoyed adventures. So when Mike is diagnosed with motor neurone disease, also known as ALS, the brothers decide to use the time they have left to tick off as much as possible from Mike's bucket list, from remote camping in Norway to travelling through Royd's beloved New Zealand. Yet, when Royd loses Mike, he discovers his brother had been writing another kind of bucket list: fifty things he wanted Royd to do after his death. His first task? Mike wants his mild-mannered brother to trip up on his way to the lectern to deliver his eulogy. What follows is a set of emotionally charged tests that will push Royd firmly out of his comfort zone. This is the story of Royd's journey to accomplish a challenging, humorous, and often heartbreaking list of unknown tasks that chart the brothers' lives from childhood to adulthood. But above all, it is a story of the sibling bond, of grief--and of treasuring every moment"--Amazon.
An inspirational, life-affirming memoir from the great-grandson of J.R.R. Tolkien.
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PUBLISHED
Seattle : Little A, [2021]
Year Published: 2021
Description: 351 pages ; 20 cm
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9781542027571
1542027578
SUBJECTS
Tolkien, Royd, -- 1969-
Tolkien, Mike, -- 1975-2015.
Tolkien, J. R. R. -- 1892-1973 -- Family.
Brothers -- Great Britain -- Biography.
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis -- Patients -- Great Britain -- Biography.
Autobiographies.