Rebecca Leyová je novinářka, která se v deníku The Guardian věnovala sloupku „Doing it for Dad“ o demenci svého otce. Dříve pracovala pro The Times, The Sun a The Daily Mail. „For When I'm Gone“ je její debutový román.
The most heartbreaking and uplifting debut to curl up with this year!
Emotional, upmarket women's fiction for fans of The Things We Left Unsaid by Emma Kennedy and If Only I Could Tell You by Hannah Beckerman.
A life cut short. A grieving family. A mother's guide to surviving without her...On the surface Sylvia and Paul's marriage is perfection: she is beautiful, alluringly spiky and brilliantly clever, he is a devoted and doting husband and father to their two young children, Megan and Jude. When Sylvia is diagnosed with terminal cancer at 38, she knows that she must help Paul navigate the chaos of family life in her absence and that the time has come for a secret she has kept from him throughout their marriage to finally be aired. Sylvia starts to write a manual: a guidebook to their shared domesticity. As Paul learns to live and love without Sylvia, he realises the extent of her legacy and finds himself indebted once more to his extraordinary, difficult wife, for saving them from an even greater tragedy...FOR WHEN I'M GONE is about what it means to leave life unfinished, as well as the compromises of a marriage and motherhood. Inspiring and heart-breaking in equal measure, this debut marks Rebecca Ley out as a stunning new talent.