Cathy Rentzenbrink Explained

Cathy Rentzenbrink
Birth Place:Cornwall, UK
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Notable Works:The Last Act of Love (2015)
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Cathy Rentzenbrink is a British memoirist, the author of the Sunday Times bestseller The Last Act of Love (2015), which was also shortlisted for the Wellcome Book Prize.

Biography

Cathy Rentzenbrink was born in Cornwall and moved to Yorkshire when her father sought work at Selby Coalfield.[1] For several years she helped care for her brother Matty.[2] He had sustained a severe brain injury shortly after his GCSEs.[2] [3] Following his death she took up residence in London. For the next 10-years she worked in Waterstones’ bookshops. For Quick Reads, she helped individuals to read and write basics.[4] She was an editor of The Bookseller before returning to Falmouth, Cornwall, in 2017.[5] Her books include the Sunday Times bestseller and Wellcome Book Prize shortlisted The Last Act of Love (2015), and A Manual for Heartache (2017).[6] [7] [8] [9]

Bibliography

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Orchard . Amy . Writing your story with bestselling author Cathy Rentzenbrink . Seasalt Stories . 18 August 2023 . en . 5 May 2022.
  2. Kitzinger . Celia . Kitzinger . Jenny . Supporting families involved in court cases about life-sustaining treatment: Working as academics, advocates and activists . Bioethics . October 2019 . 33 . 8 . 896–907 . 10.1111/bioe.12583 . 30989675 . 117722851 . en . 0269-9702.
  3. News: Haig . Matt. Matt Haig. The Last Act of Love by Cathy Rentzenbrink review – uplifting memoir . 18 August 2023 . The Guardian . 5 July 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230818063622/https://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/jul/05/last-act-love-cathy-rentzenbrink-review-life-affirming-memoir . 18 August 2023. subscription.
  4. Web site: Bedi. Nikki. Nikki Bedi. Greenacre Writers: A Conversation with Cathy Rentzenbrink . Greenacre Writers . 18 August 2023 . 9 September 2015.
  5. Web site: Emma . Fowle. Industry Focus: A conversation with Cathy Retzenbrink . Falmouth University English & Creative Writing . 18 August 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230818063232/https://falwriting.com/new-blog/2018/3/23/industry-focus-a-conversation-with-cathy-retzenbrink . 18 August 2023 . 4 April 2018.
  6. Web site: The Last Act of Love Wellcome Book Prize . wellcomebookprize.org . 18 August 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230818063918/https://wellcomebookprize.org/book/last-act-love . 18 August 2023.
  7. News: Haig . Matt . A Manual for Heartache review – sound advice for the grieving . 18 August 2023 . The Observer . 25 June 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230818064207/https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/jun/25/a-manual-for-heartache-cathy-rentzenbrink-comforting-advice-for-grieving. 18 August 2023.
  8. Hutchcroft . Christopher . Jones . Matthew . Lavin . Tim . Lilleker . James . Molloy . Jane . McKee . David . Richardson . Anna . Mohanraj . Rajiv . The Last Act of Love . Practical Neurology . 1 October 2021 . 21 . 5 . 459 . 10.1136/practneurol-2021-003018 . 34155125 . 235496570 . en . 1474-7758.
  9. Goss . Rebecca . 'The dark hollow of her pram': a study of a mother's grief and its public disclosure . ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk . University of East Anglia. School of Literature, Drama and Creative Writing . 18 August 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230818065038/https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/72199/ . 18 August 2023 . University of East Anglia . en . Thesis (Doctoral) . March 2019. doctoral .

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