Pacemaker

David Toms

ISBN 10: 183831265X / ISBN 13: 9781838312657

Published by Banshee Press, IE, 2022

About this Item

Every time I write about my heart, I write about walking. Every time I write about walking, I write about my heart. What is it like to be born with a congenital heart defect? What does it mean to live knowing your heart will one day fail you? How do you walk without moving a muscle? In Pacemaker, poet David Toms deftly blends creative nonfiction, poetry and diary in an account of resisting, confronting, and living with a rare heart condition. His experience, including his hospitalisation during the Covid-19 pandemic, speaks to all of us in its exploration of what it means to live in a fragile yet resilient body, to walk multiple challenging paths, and to always a find a way to keep moving.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Pacemaker
• Publisher: Banshee Press, IE
• Publication Date: 2022
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 183831265X
• ISBN 13: 9781838312657
• Binding: Hardback
• Condition: New

About this title

Synopsis

In Pacemaker, acclaimed poet David Toms confronts what it means to live life while always walking in tandem with a rare heart condition.

In this reflective hybrid memoir, he invites us into the most intimate of struggles; to be keenly aware, with every step, that one day your heart may give out. He climbs mountains for leisure and in his personal life; explores heartbreak both metaphorical and literal; and takes us on journeys both real and imagined.

Written with beauty and economy, Pacemaker speaks to all of us in its exploration of what it means to live in a fragile yet resilient body, to walk multiple challenging paths, and to always find a way to keep moving.