"This little book is about journey. How do we keep walking and finding our way when the road ahead must pass through difficulty? This question feels relevant to where we are globally. As things we once depended on unravel, die or disappear, when we are hurting, how do we keep going?"Hanna du Plessis, August 2024

A collection of essays from Hanna du Plessis that explores two years of life after receiving a terminal ALS diagnosis. Hanna gives us rare insight into the details of her experience with a progressive disease while also earning a graduate degree in creative writing and traveling the world. It is rare to find these two things so well-forged together: an unflinching gaze into loss and an undaunted determination to fully experience life.

Co-published with Madbooks of Carlow University, to whom we are hugely grateful.

Hanna‘s story, as well as the entirety of her ALS writings, will soon be available in books of their own. Meanwhile we have the gift of this short powerful collection.

4×6″ Paperback
76 pages
US$10

What readers are saying

Full of vivid storytelling, subtle humor, and a truly unique voice that artfully weaves together her difficult story.

The gift of Hanna’s writing is to show what it truly means to live with dignity and resilience.

An inspiring, heart-opening read for anyone navigating life’s toughest challenges.

Remarkable insight into humanity, friendship, respect, and grace.

Linear vignettes, each memory vivid, heartbreaking, warming. I loved every minute of this read.

See inside: selected pages from Bedsores and Bliss