About the book: This is one man’s attempt to chronicle the reality and the challenge presented to anyone unlucky enough to be struck down by Guillain-Barre Syndrome. It is not intended to provide technical solutions or an exhaustive guide to the recovery process. Still, it conveys a very clear understanding of what it feels like to be inside the illness.
With humour and defiance, Robin Sheppard chronicles his personal journey and, through anecdote and observation, builds a patchwork, in vivid colour, of the view from the interior.
The physical debility he endured served only to sharpen his sense of the absurd. His easy writing style is deceptive as he pours metaphorical scorn on the worst that GBS could throw at him and laughs right back in defiance.
If “The Diving Bell and the Butterfly” made you weep, then this will make you laugh and cry in equal measure.
It’s a compelling read that tugs at the heartstrings and gladdens the soul. It is an alchemy of words and experience, sharply observed.
