Description
In 2013, Mick May was diagnosed with the fatal asbestos-linked cancer, mesothelioma, whose average medical life expectancy is 10 months.
Seven years later he is flourishing, full of joie de vivre, with a long life-expectancy ahead of him. His case has made medical history and is giving new hope to a multitude of terminally ill cancer sufferers around the world.
Mick's medical journey makes for a fascinating read as it weaves from the pain of his many treatments to the pleasures of his frequent fishing trips to British and exotic International rivers. Threaded into this are snapshots of Mick's creation and leadership of a leading offender rehabilitation charity; his deepening religious faith; his successful legal action against the merchant bank whose offices exposed him to asbestos in the 1980s; his chairmanship of a school ravaged by the 2017 Grenfell Tower fire tragedy, and the happiness of his family life with his remarkable wife and six children.
About the Author
On leaving the University of St Andrews, Mick May spent twenty years in finance where increasingly he saw himself (pretty accurately) as the worst banker in the City of London. His second career saw him set up and grow the social enterprise Blue Sky, once described by David Cameron (again pretty accurately) as "the only company in the country where you need a criminal record to work there". Over the past decade and a half it has succeeded in employing almost 2,000 released prisoners. In 2016 his work with ex-offenders was recognised by the award of an OBE. Since retirement on medical grounds in 2015 he has chaired the boards of a couple of charities and an academy. Mick is married to Jill and they have six children. He is an avid reader of history books and an extraordinarily keen angler. He continues to fish to this day.
Reviews
This quirky, intriguing and inspirational memoir is the sort of book you could admire and enjoy even if you had not the slightest interest in fishing.
A tale of tails, fishy and fabulous, and in aid of an important cause, full of humour full of heart.
In his new book, each milestone, struggle and success is portrayed against a backdrop of fishing. May writes honestly and humorously of days by the river transporting him to "another world".
An inspiring book
Fishing is the balm to all troubles, frequently on the Mottisfont beat of his beloved River Test, but also as far afield as Patagonia and Russia. There cannot be many anglers for whom the diagnosis of a killer disease results in a dramatic increase in catches, but Mick May is one of them.
We highly recommend you read this inspiring book
The two stories - those of his love of fishing and that of his ordeal against cancer - are masterfully intervoven into a compelling story of joy, despair, and release.
Book Information
ISBN 9781846893339
Author Mick May
Format Hardback
Page Count 192
Imprint Quiller Publishing Ltd
Publisher Quiller Publishing Ltd
Seven years later he is flourishing, full of joie de vivre, with a long life-expectancy ahead of him. His case has made medical history and is giving new hope to a multitude of terminally ill cancer sufferers around the world.
Mick's medical journey makes for a fascinating read as it weaves from the pain of his many treatments to the pleasures of his frequent fishing trips to British and exotic International rivers. Threaded into this are snapshots of Mick's creation and leadership of a leading offender rehabilitation charity; his deepening religious faith; his successful legal action against the merchant bank whose offices exposed him to asbestos in the 1980s; his chairmanship of a school ravaged by the 2017 Grenfell Tower fire tragedy, and the happiness of his family life with his remarkable wife and six children.
About the Author
On leaving the University of St Andrews, Mick May spent twenty years in finance where increasingly he saw himself (pretty accurately) as the worst banker in the City of London. His second career saw him set up and grow the social enterprise Blue Sky, once described by David Cameron (again pretty accurately) as "the only company in the country where you need a criminal record to work there". Over the past decade and a half it has succeeded in employing almost 2,000 released prisoners. In 2016 his work with ex-offenders was recognised by the award of an OBE. Since retirement on medical grounds in 2015 he has chaired the boards of a couple of charities and an academy. Mick is married to Jill and they have six children. He is an avid reader of history books and an extraordinarily keen angler. He continues to fish to this day.
Reviews
This quirky, intriguing and inspirational memoir is the sort of book you could admire and enjoy even if you had not the slightest interest in fishing.
A tale of tails, fishy and fabulous, and in aid of an important cause, full of humour full of heart.
In his new book, each milestone, struggle and success is portrayed against a backdrop of fishing. May writes honestly and humorously of days by the river transporting him to "another world".
An inspiring book
Fishing is the balm to all troubles, frequently on the Mottisfont beat of his beloved River Test, but also as far afield as Patagonia and Russia. There cannot be many anglers for whom the diagnosis of a killer disease results in a dramatic increase in catches, but Mick May is one of them.
We highly recommend you read this inspiring book
The two stories - those of his love of fishing and that of his ordeal against cancer - are masterfully intervoven into a compelling story of joy, despair, and release.
Book Information
ISBN 9781846893339
Author Mick May
Format Hardback
Page Count 192
Imprint Quiller Publishing Ltd
Publisher Quiller Publishing Ltd
