The man he used to be - Robyn Hollingworth

'This is a wonderful, rather special book: funny, warm and loving but
also thought-provoking and deeply moving. Absolutely unforgettable -
ironically.'
ADAM KAY, Sunday Times bestselling author of This Is Going To Hurt

Inadvertent cross-dressing. Attempted murder. Jail break. A waltz at a funeral. A hernia the size of Guernsey.

Heartbreaking
and darkly comic, these are the moments that litter the messy road from
cared-for to carer, a journey that Robyn Hollingworth finds herself on
when she's only twenty-five years old.



Leaving London to return home to rural South Wales,
Robyn finds that it's
her old life
- same teddy bears resting on
her pillow, their bodies tucked under the duvet; same view of the
garages behind which she'd had her first cigarette and first kiss - but
so much has changed.

Her dad, the proud, charmingly intelligent,
self-made man who made people laugh, is in the grip of early onset
Alzheimer's. His brilliant mind, which saw him building power stations
and literally bringing light into the lives of others, has succumbed to
darkness.

As Robyn settles back in the rhythms of life in the
rain-soaked vast Welsh valleys, she keeps a diary charting her journey
as the dad she knew disappears before her eyes. Lyrical, poignant and
with flashes of brilliant humour, The Man He Used To Be explores how in helping others we can heal ourselves.

Previously published in hardback as My Mad Dad.