I 2008 ble Marion Coutts' ektemann diagnostisert med hjernesvulst, og fortalte at han hadde ikke mer enn to år igjen å leve. Svulsten ble lokalisert i området av hjernen som kontrollerer tale og språk, og til slutt ville den frarøve ham evnen til å snakke. Tom var 53 da han døde…
The author recounts the painful time in her life when her husband was dying of a brain tumor while her young son was just developing language.
"In 2008, Marion Coutts' husband, the art critic Tom Lubbock, was diagnosed with a brain tumour, and told that he had not more than two years to live. The tumour was located in the area of the brain controlling speech and language, and would eventually rob him of the ability to …
"In 2008, Marion Coutts' husband, the art critic Tom Lubbock, was diagnosed with a brain tumour, and told that he had not more than two years to live. The tumour was located in the area of the brain controlling speech and language, and would eventually rob him of the ability to …