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The Songaminute Man - How Music Brought My Father Home Again (Hardcover)
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The Songaminute Man - How Music Brought My Father Home Again (Hardcover)
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The nostalgic memoir of a young man, eldest of fourteen, growing up
in 40s Wednesbury. The heartbreaking true account of his son
struggling to come to terms with his father's dementia. A tribute
to the unbreakable bond between father and son. When Simon
McDermott first noticed his dad Ted's sudden flares of temper and
fits of forgetfulness, he couldn't have guessed what lay ahead.
Then came the devastating, inevitable diagnosis. As Ted retreated
into his own world, Simon and his mum Linda desperately tried to
reach him until at last: an idea. Turning the ignition in his mum's
little runaround, Simon hit play on Ted's favourite song Quando
Quando Quando. And like that, they were just two mates driving
around Blackburn, singing at the top of their lungs. Simon filmed
their adventure, uploaded the video to YouTube and woke up to
messages, tweets and his phone ringing off the hook. Their carpool
karaoke had gone viral all the way across the globe. But a record
deal, Pride of Britain Awards, over GBP130,000 raised for The
Alzheimer's Society and a Top 10 single later, Simon was still
losing Ted. That's when he made a decision. His Dad - the
storyteller of his childhood and his best friend - couldn't tell
his own story, so Simon would tell it for him. This is that story.
Set in the heart of the Black Country just before WWII, and written
with the help of Ted's friends and family, The Songaminute Man
recalls a boy who became a gutsy and fiercely loyal man. It
remembers a childhood of sleeping top-to-toe, rationing, adventure
in the woods and making-do-and-mending, a close-knit community, and
a life-long passion for music. Full of poignant moments, the ups
and downs of family life and treasured memories, The Songaminute
Man is a story of two halves: a celebration of the man Ted was, and
a powerful and moving account of caring for a loved one.
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