I Love the Bones of You: My Father And The Making Of Me
‘A beautiful book’ Zoë Ball 

‘My father was an “ordinary man”, which of course means he was extraordinary.'

Be it as Nicky Hutchinson in Our Friends In The North, Maurice in The A Word, or his reinvention of Doctor Who, One man, in life and death, has accompanied Christopher Eccleston every step of the way – his father, Ronnie. In I Love the Bones of You, Eccleston unveils a vivid portrait of a relationship that has shaped his entire career trajectory – mirroring and defining his own highs and lows, from stage and screen triumph to breakdown, anorexia and self-doubt.

Eccleston describes how the tightening grip of  dementia on his father slowly blinded him to his son’s existence, forcing a new and final chapter in their connection. Told with trademark honesty and openness, I Love the Bones of You is a celebration of those on whom the spotlight so rarely shines, as told by a man who found his voice in its glare. A love letter to one man, and a paean to many.
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I Love the Bones of You: My Father And The Making Of Me
‘A beautiful book’ Zoë Ball 

‘My father was an “ordinary man”, which of course means he was extraordinary.'

Be it as Nicky Hutchinson in Our Friends In The North, Maurice in The A Word, or his reinvention of Doctor Who, One man, in life and death, has accompanied Christopher Eccleston every step of the way – his father, Ronnie. In I Love the Bones of You, Eccleston unveils a vivid portrait of a relationship that has shaped his entire career trajectory – mirroring and defining his own highs and lows, from stage and screen triumph to breakdown, anorexia and self-doubt.

Eccleston describes how the tightening grip of  dementia on his father slowly blinded him to his son’s existence, forcing a new and final chapter in their connection. Told with trademark honesty and openness, I Love the Bones of You is a celebration of those on whom the spotlight so rarely shines, as told by a man who found his voice in its glare. A love letter to one man, and a paean to many.
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I Love the Bones of You: My Father And The Making Of Me

I Love the Bones of You: My Father And The Making Of Me

by Christopher Eccleston
I Love the Bones of You: My Father And The Making Of Me

I Love the Bones of You: My Father And The Making Of Me

by Christopher Eccleston

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‘A beautiful book’ Zoë Ball 

‘My father was an “ordinary man”, which of course means he was extraordinary.'

Be it as Nicky Hutchinson in Our Friends In The North, Maurice in The A Word, or his reinvention of Doctor Who, One man, in life and death, has accompanied Christopher Eccleston every step of the way – his father, Ronnie. In I Love the Bones of You, Eccleston unveils a vivid portrait of a relationship that has shaped his entire career trajectory – mirroring and defining his own highs and lows, from stage and screen triumph to breakdown, anorexia and self-doubt.

Eccleston describes how the tightening grip of  dementia on his father slowly blinded him to his son’s existence, forcing a new and final chapter in their connection. Told with trademark honesty and openness, I Love the Bones of You is a celebration of those on whom the spotlight so rarely shines, as told by a man who found his voice in its glare. A love letter to one man, and a paean to many.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781471176333
Publisher: Simon & Schuster UK
Publication date: 09/19/2019
Sold by: SIMON & SCHUSTER
Format: eBook
Pages: 400
File size: 23 MB
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About the Author

Salford-born Christopher Eccleston is one of the country’s most highly regarded actors working today. He is the recipient of an Emmy Award and two BAFTA Award nominations, and is best known for his work on television and in film – in particular for his collaborations with directors such as Danny Boyle and Michael Winterbottom and writers Peter Flannery, Jimmy McGovern and Russell T. Davies. He currently stars in the BBC drama The A Word, and was recently seen on stage with the Royal Shakespeare Company in the leading role of Macbeth.

Table of Contents

Prologue 1

1 Up the Dancers 3

2 Salford 20

3 Red Devil 37

4 A Vision Denied 48

5 Rage 60

6 Fall and Rise 76

7 Adventure 86

8 Anorexia 93

9 The Bones of Me 114

10 Breakdown 122

11 Balm of Hurt Minds 134

12 Doctor Daddy 1 152

13 Lots of Planets Have a North 157

14 Doctor Daddy 2 169

15 Double, Double, Toil and Trouble 173

16 Strangled at Birth 191

17 The Truth 202

18 My Friends in the North 213

19 Man and Masculinity 236

20 Macbeth 253

21 A Mind Diseas'd 264

22 The Ravel'd Sleave of Care 291

23 The End 298

24 I Have Thee Not, and Yet I See Thee Still 307

Acknowledgements 325

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