The Last Act of Love: The Story of My Brother and His Sister

'Surely the bravest, most moving book you will read this year' Daily Express

When Cathy was seventeen, her brother Matty was her best friend. A year younger and much taller, he was clever, funny and outgoing. But one night in the summer of 1990, Matty was knocked down by a car and never walked or spoke again. Eight years later, he died.

This is a true story of a happy family ambushed by loss, the unknown place between life and death and how to find love and joy in the world even when you know it will never be the same again.

'Profoundly moving . . . beautiful and uplifting'
Henry Marsh, author of Do No Harm

'Beautifully written . . . offers a message of enormous hope'
Sunday Times

'This is a book you would want to re-read during a tough time to make you feel less alone'
Observer

[Lozenge: Contains a new afterword by the author]