{"product_id":"terry-pratchett-a-life-with-footnotes-the-official-biography","title":"Terry Pratchett: A Life With Footnotes: The Official Biography","description":"\u003cp\u003eRob Wilkins\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'PEOPLE THINK THAT STORIES ARE SHAPED BY PEOPLE. IN FACT, IT'S THE OTHER WAY AROUND.'\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAt the time of his death in 2015, award-winning and bestselling author Sir Terry Pratchett was working on his finest story yet - his own.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAt six years old, Terry was told by his headteacher that he would never amount to anything. He spent the rest of his life proving that teacher wrong. At sixty-six, Terry had lived a life full of achievements: becoming one of the UK's bestselling writers, winning the Carnegie Medal and being awarded a knighthood for services to literature.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFollowing his untimely death from Alzheimer's disease, the mantle of completing Terry's memoir was passed to Rob Wilkins, his former assistant, friend and now head of the author's literary estate.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDrawing on his own extensive memories, along with those of Terry's family, friends, fans and colleagues, Rob recounts Terry's extraordinary story - from his early childhood to the literary phenomenon that his Discworld series became; and how he met and coped with the challenges that 'The Embuggerance' of Alzheimer's brought with it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'Of all the dead authors in the world, Terry Pratchett is the most alive.' - John Lloyd\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFirst published September 29, 2022\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"vendor-unknown","offers":[{"title":"Good \/ Paperback \/ Rob Wilkins","offer_id":52440797479210,"sku":"9780857526649","price":30.0,"currency_code":"ILS","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0734\/4039\/5562\/files\/60207485.jpg?v=1788171670","url":"https:\/\/evasusedbooks.co\/products\/terry-pratchett-a-life-with-footnotes-the-official-biography","provider":"Eva's Used Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}