'Maybe this is some kind of death wish or my sorry soul drawn to eternity,' she writes. With a group of friends, Fitzmaurice started a group called the Tragic Wives' Swimming Club who together found solace by swimming in the icy ocean water surrounding their town. Less than a year later, he was using a wheelchair in 2010 he was placed on a respirator. Four years after her 2004 marriage, Fitzmaurice's filmmaker husband, Simon, was diagnosed with ALS (which he explored in his memoir It's Not Dark Yet). ‘ Uplifting and life-affirming’ Stylist Native American Apple Tree PUBLISHERS WEEKLYįitzmaurice's contemplative memoir recalls the emotional roller-coaster of life in the Irish town of Greystones with her husband, five children, and a house constantly filled with caregivers and nurses. ‘Fitzmaurice tells her story in sparkling prose that is as sinewy as her new sea-strengthened body, and as admirable and boundless as her spirit’, Sunday Times ![]() ‘The Tragic Wives’ Swimming Club’, as they jokingly call themselves, meet to cope with the extreme challenges life puts in their way, not to mention the monster waves rolling over the horizon. Wicklow, and regularly throw themselves into the freezing cold water, just for kicks. Ruth’s other ‘tribe’ are the friends who gather at the cove in Greystones, Co. ![]() Ruth’s tribe are her lively children and her filmmaker husband, Simon, who has Motor Neurone Disease and can only communicate with his eyes. ‘I Found My Tribe is inspiring, humbling and a picture of what love really looks like’ Marian KeyesĪn invocation to all of us to love as hard as we can, and live even harder, I Found My Tribe is an urgent and uplifting letter to a husband, family, friends, the natural world and the brightness of life.
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