Plum
Cowell, Brendan, 1976-2024
Book
Peter 'The Plum' Lum is a 48-year-old ex-star NRL player, living with his son and girlfriend in Cronulla. He's living a pretty cruisey life until one day he suffers an epileptic fit and discovers that he has a brain disorder as a result of the thousand-odd head knocks he took on the footy field in his twenty-year-career. According to his neurologist, Plum has to make some changes - right now - or it's dementia, or even death. Reluctantly, Plum embarks on a journey of self-care and self-discovery, which is not so easy when all you've ever known is to go full tilt at everything. On top of this, he's being haunted by dead poets, and, unable to stop crying, discovers he has a special gift for the spoken word. With spectral visits from Bukowski and Plath, the friendship of local misfits, and the prospect of new love, Plum might just save his own life.
Main title:
Plum / Brendan Cowell.
Author:
Cowell, Brendan, 1976-, author
Work:
Imprint:
Gadigal Country ; [Sydney, NSW] : Fourth Estate, 2024.©2021.
Collation:
327 pages ; 20 cm.
Notes:
"Now a major ABC TV series"--Title page.First published: 2021.
ISBN:
9781460767290 (paperback)
Language:
English
Subject:
Brain -- Wounds and injuries -- FictionFathers and sons -- FictionFriendship -- FictionMiddle-aged men -- Australia -- FictionMiddle-aged men -- Conduct of life -- FictionRugby football injuries -- FictionRugby League football players -- Australia -- FictionSelf-care, Health -- FictionAustralian fictionCronulla (N.S.W.) -- Fiction
BRN:
169861