Push: My Father, Polio and Me

by Sarah Passingham

Push: My Father, Polio, and Me is an intimate, powerful memoir by Push’s daughter, exploring the devastation polio wreaked upon generations up until the 1950s

Hardcover

Published November 1, 2019

About the author

Writer, reader, cook and gardener. Latest book 'PUSH: My father, Polio, and Me' a family memoir published by Gatehouse Press, 2019. Currently writing and publishing poetry and short stories. I haven't given up on the long form entirely, but I'm loving getting back to the sharpness and economy of shorter pieces. I am a trustee for the SAWTrust, A British Polio Fellowship Ambassador and a member of the National Centre for Writing Supporters' Circle. 'Hoad and Other Stories' was published by Stonewood Press, 2014 and three non-fiction books covering event management in the voluntary sector published by The Directory of Social Change prior to then.

Reviews

[Amanda · Rating 5 out of 5]

Seldom have I read a book set in the past (1950s), which feels so contemporary in its themes. Although technically a memoir, Push’s sparkling, intimate and evocative prose also reads like a novel. The themes of family, vaccination and living alongside unexpected illness (polio) makes for an extremely timely read.