{"product_id":"i-swear-by-john-davidson-9781804997703","title":"I Swear","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA mass-market tie-in edition to the major biopic, \u003cem\u003eI Swear\u003c\/em\u003e, produced by Kirk Jones - this is John Davidson MBE's astonishingly moving memoir of growing up and learning to live with Tourette's Syndrome.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe funny and moving autobiography offers extraordinary insight into what it is like to live with a severe form of Tourette's Syndrome. From the award-winning Scottish campaigner.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNOW A MAJOR FILM STARRING ROBERT ARAMAYO AND MAXINE PEAKE.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'An astonishing tale about an amazing man.'\u003c\/em\u003e - JOJO MOYES, author of \u003cem\u003eMe Before You\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eSomeone Else's Shoes\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'Funny and heartfelt ... this skilfully told tale deserves praise for how it lets us non-sweary people see inside the ordinary, albeit anxious, mind of someone with Tourette syndrome.'\u003c\/em\u003e - THE TIMES\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBorn in the 1970s on the Scottish Borders, John was ten when his tics first arrived, as if from nowhere. Previously a happy, popular, football-mad boy, he was labelled disruptive, rude, and even mad. As his condition progressed, from blinks and jerks to involuntary rude and obscene shouting, John was bullied, rejected - alienated from his family and a society that had no idea what to make of him.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHospitalized and drugged for months, it was only an extraordinary and transformative friendship, and John's dogged optimism, that turned his life around, making \u003cem\u003eI Swear\u003c\/em\u003e an inspirational story of triumph over adversity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThrough John's eyes, we see Tourette's not just as a medical condition, but as a lens through which we can all better understand the importance of human connection. And how essential, as well as ultimately rewarding, it can be to keep going and never give up.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'This superb book is an engaging and fascinating account of what it's like to live with Tourette's.'\u003c\/em\u003e - DAILY MAIL\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'Brave, shocking, funny and moving ... This is a really important book.'\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House Distribution","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47260393537772,"sku":"9781804997703","price":23.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/2d16007bfa622f728724f0c0a7a30bef.jpg?v=1769890074","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.pro\/products\/i-swear-by-john-davidson-9781804997703","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}