Edward Wild
Praise for Patient 1
Insightful, frank and often moving... Though there is an underlying note of deep sadness, more often she writes with humour, a dose of self mockery and no small amount of courage.
Stephanie Merritt, Observer
[An] unsparing memoir... but Raven does much more than write an illness memoir... Raven explains in her introduction that Huntington's is not a linear disease but is experienced rather as a series of traumatic rando ...
Kathryn Hughes, Guardian
A phenomenal achievement... [it] chronicles her journey into her illness in a way that is truthful, traumatic and brave.
The Times
Insightful, frank and often moving... Though there is an underlying note of deep sadness, more often she writes with humour, a dose of self mockery and no small amount of courage.
Stephanie Merritt, Observer
[An] unsparing memoir... but Raven does much more than write an illness memoir... Raven explains in her introduction that Huntington's is not a linear disease but is experienced rather as a series of traumatic rando ...
Kathryn Hughes, Guardian
A phenomenal achievement... [it] chronicles her journey into her illness in a way that is truthful, traumatic and brave.
The Times
Insightful, frank and often moving... Though there is an underlying note of deep sadness, more often she writes with humour, a dose of self mockery and no small amount of courage.
Stephanie Merritt, Observer
[An] unsparing memoir... but Raven does much more than write an illness memoir... Raven explains in her introduction that Huntington's is not a linear disease but is experienced rather as a series of traumatic rando ...
Kathryn Hughes, Guardian
A phenomenal achievement... [it] chronicles her journey into her illness in a way that is truthful, traumatic and brave.
The Times