What Matters Now: A Memoir of Hope and Finding a Way Through the Dark
Gareth O'Callaghan
Mar 2021 · Hachette Books Ireland · Narrated by Gareth O'Callaghan
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From the Number One Bestselling author comes his powerful memoir.
Gareth O'Callaghan is one of Irish radio's most popular and familiar voices. In 2018, after receiving a life-changing diagnosis, he retired from full-time work and gave up the career in radio that he had loved for decades.
Here, in this deeply personal memoir, he tells his story of love and hope. From the moments after his doctor uttered the words Multiple System Atrophy -- a neurological disease that is both progressive and incurable, and ultimately carries a fatal prognosis -- to how, drawing on inner reserves and determination, he pulled himself from the darkness to come to terms with a new way of living.
With his trademark empathy, insight and honesty, he looks at how, no matter what the circumstances, we can choose how we live and that every life must be lived to the fullest.
"For me, this is not a choice. It's all I want, namely a full and loving life that I strive to choose every day over everything else - considering that maybe the big odds are heavily stacked against that. But I don't care what the odds might be; I'll keep defying them for as long as I can keep fighting and living."
(P)2021 Hachette Books Ireland
Gareth O'Callaghan is one of Irish radio's most popular and familiar voices. In 2018, after receiving a life-changing diagnosis, he retired from full-time work and gave up the career in radio that he had loved for decades.
Here, in this deeply personal memoir, he tells his story of love and hope. From the moments after his doctor uttered the words Multiple System Atrophy -- a neurological disease that is both progressive and incurable, and ultimately carries a fatal prognosis -- to how, drawing on inner reserves and determination, he pulled himself from the darkness to come to terms with a new way of living.
With his trademark empathy, insight and honesty, he looks at how, no matter what the circumstances, we can choose how we live and that every life must be lived to the fullest.
"For me, this is not a choice. It's all I want, namely a full and loving life that I strive to choose every day over everything else - considering that maybe the big odds are heavily stacked against that. But I don't care what the odds might be; I'll keep defying them for as long as I can keep fighting and living."
(P)2021 Hachette Books Ireland
About the author
Gareth O'Callaghan is one of Ireland's most popular radio presenters, having enjoyed a successful career that has stretched across forty years.
During that period he has worked for many radio stations, both home and abroad, including RTE and BBC.
He also spent a number of years working as a psychotherapist in Ireland.
In 2018, Gareth took early retirement from his radio career after being diagnosed with Multiple System Atrophy.
He is the author of six books, including the 2003 No. 1 bestseller, 'A Day Called Hope', which documented his own personal journey through and beyond depression.
He spends much of his time these days writing and blogging. He continues to challenge this awful illness through daily physical exercise, while urging others with similar debilitating conditions to do the same. He lives in Cork.
During that period he has worked for many radio stations, both home and abroad, including RTE and BBC.
He also spent a number of years working as a psychotherapist in Ireland.
In 2018, Gareth took early retirement from his radio career after being diagnosed with Multiple System Atrophy.
He is the author of six books, including the 2003 No. 1 bestseller, 'A Day Called Hope', which documented his own personal journey through and beyond depression.
He spends much of his time these days writing and blogging. He continues to challenge this awful illness through daily physical exercise, while urging others with similar debilitating conditions to do the same. He lives in Cork.
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