Profoundly affecting and powerful, the Coe brothers' joint memoir documents the steady rebuilding of their sibling relationship after Manni takes the struggling Reuben out of his care home and they set up home together in the countryside.
Waterstones Non-Fiction Book of the Month for March 2024
Shortlisted for The British Book Awards 2023 Non-Fiction Narrative Book of the Year
Shortlisted for the Books Are My Bag Awards 2024
Reuben, aged 38, was living in a home for adults with learning disabilities and struggling to accept that he had Down's syndrome. Depressed and in a fog of anti-depressants, he hadn't spoken for over a year. Increasingly isolated, cut off from everyone and everything he loved, Reuben sent a text message: 'brother. do. you. love. me.'
When Manni received this desperate message from his youngest brother, he knew everything had to change. Together they began an extraordinary journey of repair, rediscovering the depths of their brotherhood, one gradual step at a time. Combining Manni's tender words with Reuben's compelling illustrations, their story of hope and resilience questions how we care for those we love and draws a moving portrait of the power of brotherly love.
Publisher: Canongate Books
ISBN: 9781805303060
Number of pages: 320
Weight: 311 g
Dimensions: 196 x 129 x 22 mm
Edition: Main
Profoundly moving and hugely uplifting - MARK HADDON
Everyone must rush and buy this book . . . The story is one that everyone should read and be heartened by, it's a story of true love and reconnection - SUE PERKINS
Truthful, affecting, funny, colourful and profound - SALLY PHILLIPS
Deeply touching and a joy to read - JO WHILEY
A fable for our times - Spectator
You close the book feeling deeply moved by the depth of their brotherly love - Daily Mail
A moving paean to brotherhood - Wanderlust, Best Travel Books of 2022
What Manni and Reuben have created is not just a memoir, or a stunning story, but a manifesto for how life should be lived. I will never forget this book - SOPHIE PAVELLE
The most moving story of love and sacrifice. It also poses important universal questions about how we care for those we love - Express
This is such an inspiring and beautifully written story of brotherly love - MARTHA KEARNEY
This is a very moving, very personal insight into the lives of two brothers, Manni and Reuben Coe. The narrative begins when Manni removes his brother Reuben, who has Down’s Syndrome, from his care home, due to fears... More
Being sent proof copies of books is one of the perks of being a bookseller, and I feel genuinely honoured to have had a sneak peak of this before it hits the shelves in a few days. Thank you Little Toller -... More
What does it mean to care for another? Be that the love and care between brothers, care in an institution, care for our fellow traveller, heck, care for our fellow humans around us? Care is at the beating heart of... More
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