It’s Not Yet Dark

By: Simon Fitzmaurice

Narrated by: Alan Smyth

In 2008, Simon Fitzmaurice was diagnosed with Lou Gehrig's disease. He was given four years to live. In 2010, in a state of lung-function collapse, Simon knew with crystal clarity that now was not his time to die. Against all prevailing medical opinion, he chose life. Despite the loss of almost all motor function, thanks to miraculous technology he has continued to work, help raise his children, and write this astonishing, life-affirming memoir.

Fitzmaurice, a husband and father of five, draws us deeply into his inner world. Told in simply expressed and beautifully stark prose, it is a journey into a life that, though brutally compromised, is lived more fully than most, revealing the potent power of love, of art, and of the human spirit.

Written using an eye-gaze computer, It's Not Yet Dark is an unforgettable book about relationships and family, about what connects and separates us as people, and, ultimately, about what it means to be alive.

©2017 Simon Fitzmaurice (P)2017 Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Critic reviews

"Beautifully written. Utterly life-affirming." (Alan Rickman)

Change is possible

Hope and humanity at its best . People that go over and above for others are true heroes.

Inspiring read

Fitzgerald's approach to his ALS diagnosis is moving and inspiring. The storytelling in this book is exquisite, and it's beautifully narrated by Alan Smyth.

Wonderful

Beautifully written - beautifully lived
Terrific person with a devastating disease
Thank you for sharing your ALS

Raw

First person perspective piece written by a man with ALS. Beautifully captured, read well on Audiobook.

Beautiful

This is a precious book and a beautifully written memoir. It is moving and heartbreaking at the same time. Wonderfully narrated.